Type-locality. — Kemper Co., Mississippi, USA. 



Distribution. — Low elevations in Florida west of the Appalachicola River westward to the 

 Mississippi River and northward to southern Indiana and Virginia in the United States. 

 Systematic references. — Telford (1966, 1982). 



Tantilla cvcullata Minton 

 Tantilla cucullata Minton, 1956: 449. 

 Tantilla diabola Fouquette and Potter, 1961: 144 



Holotype.— Field Museum of Natural History (FMNH) 74384, adult male, collected 1 July 

 1955 by Sherman A. Minton, Jr. 



Type-locality. — 6 mi SSE Alpine, Brewster Co., Texas, USA. 



Distribution. — Big Bend and Trans-Pecos regions of southwestern Texas in the United 

 States. 



Systematic references. — Dixon et al. (In Press). 



Remarks. — This taxon has had a checkered taxonomic history, but recently has been 

 elevated from subspecific status within T. rubra to full specific status by Dixon et al. (In press). 

 It is presumably the sister taxon of T. rubra (Dixon et al.. In press). 



Tantilla cuniculator Smith 

 Tantilla moesta cuniculator Smith, 1939: 32. 



Holotype. — Field Museum of Natural History (FMNH) 19408, juvenile female, collected 

 in 1934 by Eunice Blackburn. 



Type-locality. — Merida, Yucatan, Mexico. 



Distribution — Low elevations of the Yucatan Peninsula in the Mexican states of Yucatan 

 and Quintana Roo and in the northern ponion of Belize. 



Systematic references. — Wilson (1982b, 1985g). 



Tantilla deppei (Bocourt) 

 Homalocranion deppei Bocoun, 1883: 584 



Lectotype. — Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHNP) 54, adult male, 

 collected by M. Ghiesbreght, date of collection unknown. 



Type-locality. — "Mexico," restricted to vicinity of Huitzilac, Morelos, Mexico, by Davis 

 and Smith (1953). 



Distribution. — Intermediate elevations of the Pacific versant in northern Morelos and 

 northwestern Oaxaca, Mexico. 



Systematic references. — Wilson and Meyer (1981); Wilson (1988e). 



Tantilla equatoriana Wilson and Mena 

 Tantilla equatoriana Wilson and Mena, 1980: 23. 



Holotype.— National Museum of Natural History (USNM) 198530, adult (?) male, 

 collected in May 1951 by M Olalla. 



Type-locality. — San Lorenzo, Prov. Esmeraldas, Ecuador. 



