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Tantilla taeniata (Bocourt) 

 Homalocranion taeniatum Bocourt, 1883: 587. 

 Homalocranium trivittatum Miiller, 1885. 678. 



Holotype. — Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHNP) 1666, adult male, 

 collected by A. Bouvier, date of collection unknown. 



Type-locality. — "Guatemala" (restricted to "vicinity of Guatemala City" by Campbell, 

 1998). 



Distribution. — Low to moderate elevations of both versants in southern Guatemala and 

 western Honduras. 



Systematic references. — Campbell (1998). 



Remarks. — The concept of this taxon has changed markedly in recent years from that of 

 Wilson and Meyer (1971), which changes were discussed by Campbell (1998), Smith et al. 

 (1998), and Wilson and McCranie (In Press). 



Tantilla tayrae Wilson 

 Tantilla tayrae Wilson, 1983: 54. 



Holotype. — Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley (MVZ) 

 159203, adult male, collected 30 July 1978 by Robert L. Seib. 



Type-locality. — Finca San Jeronimo, 7.5 km N (by rd.) Cacoahatan (= Cacahoatan or 

 Cacahuatan), elevation 760 m, Volcan Tacana, Municipio de Union Juarez, Chiapas, Mexico. 



Distribution. — Moderate elevations of the slopes of Volcan Tacana on the Pacific versant 

 of Chiapas, Mexico. 



Systematic references. —Wilson (1983, 19901); Campbell (1988). 



Remarks. — Some comments on the status of this taxon are in Campbell (1998). 



Tantilla tecta Campbell and Smith 

 Tantilla tecta Campbell and Smith, 1997: 333. 



Holotype. — University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) R-41 160, adult female, collected 29 

 June 1992 by Cristian Granizo. 



Type-locality.— Slope flanking NE side of Laguna Yaxha (17°03'43"N, 89°23'12"W), 

 Depto. El Peten, Guatemala. 



Distribution. — Known only from the type locality 



Systematic references. — Campbell and Smith (1997). 



Remarks. — This taxon is known from only a single specimen. 



Tantilla trilineata (Peters) 

 Leptocalamus trilineatusVeters, 1880: 221. 



Holotype. — Universitat Humboldt, Zoologisches Museum, Berlin (ZMB) 9648, juvenile 

 female, collected by H. Boeckmann, date of collection unknown. 



Type-locality. — "Brazil," apparently in error. 



Distribution. — Unknown. 



Systematic references. — Wilson and Meyer (1971); Savitzky and Smith (1971). 



