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Tantilla impensa Campbell • 



Taniilla impetisa Camphell, 1998: 6, 



Holotype — UTA R-38196, adult female collected by E. N. Smith on 2 July 1994. 



Type-locality — Aldea San Miguelito (15°22'N, 88°43'W), elevation 460 m. Sierra de 

 Caral, Municipio de Morales, Depto. Izabal, Guatemala. 



Distribution. — Near sea level to intermediate elevations of the Caribbean versant from 

 eastern Chiapas, Mexico, through the mountains of central Guatemala to western Honduras. 



Systematic references. — Campbell (1998), Wilson and McCranie (In Press). 



Remarks. — Extensions of range of this species beyond those reported by Campbell (1998) 

 into eastern Chiapas, Mexico, and western Honduras were recorded by Wilson and McCranie 

 (In Press). 



Tantilla insulamontana Wilson and Mena 

 Tantilla insulamontana Wilson and Mena, 1980: 24. 



Holotype. — University of Kansas Museum of Natural History (KU) 152207, adult (?) 

 male, collected 12 June 1971 by Arthur C. Echtemacht. 



Type-locality. — Rio Minas, 15.1 km W Santa Isabel, elevation ca. 1250 m, Prov. Azuay, 

 Ecuador. 



Distribution — Moderate to intermediate elevations of the Hoya de Jubones (Pacific 

 drainage) in southern Ecuador. 



Systematic references. — Wilson and Mena (1980), Wilson (1987a, 1990c). 



Tantilla jani (Giinther) 

 HomalocranitjmjaniGunthcT, 1895: 148. 

 Tantilla cuesta Wilson, 1982b: 29. 



Lectotype. — British Museum of Natural History (BMNH) 1946.1.8.68, adult female, 

 collected on behalf of F. D. Godman (perhaps by G. C. Champion), date of collection 

 unknown. 



Type-locality. — "Guatemala." 



Distribution. — Known from certainty from the ty-pe locality of Tantilla cuesta (Finca San 

 Julia, 1 .5 km E San Rafael Pie de la Cuesta, elevation 1050 m, Depto. San Marcos, 

 Guatemala), which name was synonymized with T.jani by Campbell (1998, see immediately 

 below). 



Systematic references. — Campbell (1998). 



Remarks. — Campbell (1998) demonstrated that the holotype of Tantilla cuesta Wilson, 

 1982b, is conspecific with the lectotype of Tantilla jani (Giinther), 1895. Furthermore, he 

 showed that specimens allocated to T.jani by Wilson and Meyer (1971) and Wilson (1982b, 

 19851) and Tfusca by Slevin (1939) actually represent another taxon, described as Tantilla 

 vulcani by him. Tantilla jani belongs to the taeniata group (Wilson, 1982b; Campbell, 1998). 



