n from
El Sabino (EHT-HMS 5438) was referred to this species by Taylor
(1940c:465); the specimen cannot be found, so verification of the
identification cannot be made at this time.

~Leptodeira latifasciata~ (Guenther)

_Hypsiglena latifasciata_ Guenther, Biologia
Centrali-Americana, Reptilia, p. 138, October,
1894.--Southern Mexico. Type locality restricted to
Huajintlan, Morelos, Mexico, by Smith and Taylor
(1950a:331).

_Leptodeira latifasciata_, Dunn, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci.,
22:696, December, 1936.

Apatzingan; El Sabino; La Playa; 32 km. E of Nueva Italia.

This nocturnal snake apparently ranges throughout the arid
Balsas-Tepalcatepec Valley to elevations of about 1050 meters. It has
been collected only in the arid scrub forest. Aside from the specimens
listed by Duellman (1958a:93), there is one (UMMZ 120223) having eight
body blotches, a body length of 510 mm. and a tail length of 103 mm.

~Leptodeira maculata~ (Hallowell)

_Megalops maculatus_ Hallowell, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci.
Philadelphia, 13:488, March 31, 1862.--"Tahiti." Type
locality restricted to Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico, by
Duellman (1958a:54).

_Leptodeira maculata_, Duellman, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat.
Hist., 114:53, February 24, 1958.

Aguililla (2); Apatzingan (24); Arteaga (2); Capirio (3);
Charapendo (2); Coahuayana (3); Cofradia; Cuatro Caminos; La
Placita (3); Lombardia (69); Nueva Italia (29); Pomaro; Rio
Marquez, 10 km. S of Lombardia (2); Salitre de Estopila;
Tafetan (2); Volcan Jorullo.

This snake is abundant in the arid Tepalcatepec Valley; most of the
specimens have been collected in arid scrub forest at elevations of less
than 500 meters. With the onset of the rains in late June and early
July, large numbers of these snakes can be found around temporary pools,
where they feed on small frogs and toads. In the dry season few
individuals were found, and all of those were beneath cover. Specimens
from the coast have more body-blotches than do those from the
Tepalcatepec Valley (Duellman, 1958a:56); otherwise the snakes show
little variation.

~Leptodeira splendida bressoni~ Taylor

_Leptodeira bressoni_ Taylor, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull.,
25:321, July 10, 1939.--Hacienda El Sabino, Michoacan,
Mexico.

_Leptodeira splendida bressoni_, Duellman, Bull. Amer. Mus.
Nat. Hist., 114:84, February 24, 1958.