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Tantilla miyatai Wilson and Knight, in Wilson 

 Tantilla miyatai Wilson and Knight, in Wilson, 1987a: 12. 



Holotype. — Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University (MCZ) 166541, adult 

 male, collected in September, 1983, by Giovanni Onore. 



Type-locality — Puero Quito (0°10'N, 79°16AV), Prov. Pichincha, Ecuador, collected by 

 Giovanni Onore in September 1983. 



Distribution. — Known only from the type locality. 



Systematic references. — Wilson (1987a, 1990e). 



Remarks. — This taxon is known only from the holotype. 



Tantilla moesta (Gunther) 

 Homalocranium moestum Gu.ni\\QX, 1863: 352. 



Holotype.— British Museum of Natural History (BMNH) 1946.1.9.74 (formerly BMNH 

 64.1.26. 1 19), female, collected by Osbert Salvin, date of collection unknown. 



Type-locality. — "Province of Peten" (Depto. El Peten, Guatemala); restricted to Flores, 

 Depto. El Peten, Guatemala, by Smith and Taylor (1950). 



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

 and Quintana Roo and the northern portion of the Guatemalan department of El Peten. 



Systematic references. — Wilson (1982b, 1988g). 



Tantilla nigra (Boulenger) 

 Homalocraninm nigrum Bou\engQT, 1914: 816 



Holotype.— British Museum of Natural History (BMNH) 1946 1.8.69, female (?), 

 received by museum in May, 1914 from Dr. H. G. F. Spurrell. 



Type-locality. — Near Pena Lisa, Condoto (5°06'N, 76°37'W), elevation ca. 91 m, Depto. 

 Choco, Colombia. 



Distribution. — Known only from the type locality. 



Systematic references. — Wilson (1987a, 1992b). 



Remarks. — This species remains known from only a single specimen. 



Tantilla nigriceps Kennicott 

 Tantilla nigriceps Kenrucon, 1860: 328 

 Scolecophisfumiceps Cope, "1860" (1861): 371. 

 Homalocranion praeocuhwiBocoun, 1883: 582. 

 7a/7/z7/a Ar/rma Blanchard, 1938: 373. 



Syntypes. — National Museum of Natural History (USNM) 2046, not USNM 2040, as 

 indicated by Smith and Taylor (1945: 140), collected by Captain Page, and USNM 4491, 

 collected by Dr. S. W. Crawford. These specimens are not currently in the USNM collection 

 (Steve W. Gotte, in litt.). 



Type-locality. — Indianola to Nueces, Texas, and Fort Bliss, El Paso Co., Texas, restricted 

 to the latter locality by Smith and Taylor (1950), which restriction, however, is invalid, as no 

 lectotype has ever been designated. 



