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Tantillajohnsoni Wilson, Vaughan, and Dixon 

 Tantillajohnsoni Wilson Qtal., 1999: 1. 



Holotype. — Carnegie Museum of Natural History (CM) 51741, an adult (?) male collected 

 1 1 August 1968 by E. C. Welling M. 



Type-locality. — Muste, Municipio Motozintla, approximate elevation 450 m, Chiapas, 

 Mexico. 



Distribution. — Known only from the type locality. 



Systematic references. — Wilson et al. (1999). 



Tantilla lempira Wilson and Mena 

 Tantilla lempira Wilson and Mena, 1980: 25. 



Holotype. — Louisiana State University Museum of Zoology (LSUMZ) 26093, adult 

 female, collected 3 June 1968 by Ernest A. Liner. 



Type-locality. — 41 km NW Tegucigalpa, Depto. Francisco Morazan, Honduras. 



Distribution. — Moderate to intermediate elevations of the Pacific versant of south-central 

 Honduras. 



Systematic references. — Wilson and Mena (1980); Wilson (1982b, 1990d). 



Remarks. — An additional specimen of this species from a locality remote from the vicinity 

 of the type locality was reported by Wilson (1984). 



Tantilla melanocephala (Linnaeus) 

 Coluber melanocephalus Lxnnaeus, 1758: 218. 

 Elapomorphus mexicanus Gunther, 1862: 57. 

 Tantilla armillata Cope, "1875" (1876): 143. 

 Homalocranium melanocephalum \zx . fuscum Bocourt, 1883: 589. 

 Tantilla pallida Cope, 1887: 56. 

 Pogonaspis ruficeps Cope, 1894: 204. 



Homalocranium melanocephalum war. fraseri Gilnthev, 1895: 148. 

 Homalocranium melanocephalum war. pernambucense Gunther, 1895: 148. 

 Homalocranium longifrontale Boulengev, 1896b: 17. 

 Homalocranium hojfmanni V\/emev, 1909: 239. 

 Elapomorphus nuchalisBarhouT , 1914: 199. 



Holotype. — None designated. 



Type-locality. — "America." 



Distribution. — Low to high elevations along both versants from Guatemala throughout 

 Central America into South America as far south as southern Peru, Bolivia, northern 

 Argentina, and Uruguay, also on the islands of Trinidad and Tobago. 



Systematic references. — Wilson and Mena (1980), Wilson (1982b, 1987a, 1992a). 



