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Title: A Taxonomic Study of the Middle American Snake, Pituophis deppei

Author: William E. Duellman

Release Date: March 9, 2010 [EBook #31570]

Language: English

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The following corrections only have been made to the text:

"Rijkmuseum van Natuurlijke Histoire" changed to "Rijksmuseum van
Natuurlijke Historie" (Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie, Leiden)

Period changed to comma (Erp['e]tologie g['e]n['e]rale, vol. 7, p. 268)

"Chipas" changed to "Chiapas" (Guatemalan highlands and probably
highlands of Chiapas.)

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UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS PUBLICATIONS
MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

Vol. 10, No. 10, pp. 599-610, 1 pl., 1 fig.
May 2, 1960

A Taxonomic Study
of the Middle American Snake,
Pituophis deppei

BY

WILLIAM E. DUELLMAN

UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
LAWRENCE
1960

UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS PUBLICATIONS, MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

Editors: E. Raymond Hall, Chairman, Henry S. Fitch,
Robert W. Wilson

Volume 10, No. 10, pp. 599-610, 1 pl., 1 fig.
Published May 2, 1960

UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Lawrence, Kansas

PRINTED IN
THE STATE PRINTING PLANT
TOPEKA, KANSAS
1960

28-2493

PLATE 45

[Illustration: FIG. 1. _Pituophis deppei deppei_ from Cumbres de
Acultzingo, Veracruz, UMM