apan, AMNH
69940; 3 km. W of Carapan, UMMZ 114598; 14 km. W of Morelia, UMMZ
104969; Tacambaro, USNM 46557; Tac['i]cuaro, USNM 110888; 11 km. W of
Zacapu, UMMZ 104968. _Puebla_: Alseseca, UIMNH 36221; Atlixco, USNM
46433; Puebla, AMNH 19856; 30 km. N of Puebla, USNM 110887;
Tecamachalco, UMMZ 88688; 16 km. SSE of Tecamachalco, UMMZ 114597;
Tehuacan, UMMZ 88687; 22 km. N of Tehuacan, EHT-HMS 5377. _San Luis
Potos['i]_: USNM 46554; 26 km. SW of San Luis Potos['i], UIMNH 28133.
_Veracruz_: 3 km. W of Acultzingo, KU 23978; Cumbres de Acultzingo,
UIMNH 36224, 36226, UMMZ 114596; P['a]rajo Verde, USNM 110892;
questionably from Potrero Viejo, UMMZ 89358-9. _Zacatecas_: 16 km. E of
Somberete, UIMNH 27147; 1 km. SW of Tiburcio, KU 33599; 3 km. ESE of
Troncoso, KU 29494; 10 km. W of Villa de Arriaga (San Luis Potos['i]),
UIMNH 27151; 24 km. NW of Zacatecas, UIMNH 6393; 13 km. SE of Zacatecas,
UIMNH 27148; 26 km. SE of Zacatecas, UIMNH 27568.

=Pituophis deppei jani= Cope

_Arizona jani_ Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, p. 369,
1860.

_Pituophis deppei jani_, Stull, Occas. Papers Mus. Zool. Univ.
Michigan, no. 250, p. 2, October 12, 1932, Bull. U. S. Natl. Mus.,
no. 175, p. 42, April 23, 1940; Smith, Zool. Ser. Field Mus. Nat.
Hist., vol. 29, p. 145, February 29, 1944; Smith and Taylor, Bull.
U. S. Natl. Mus., no. 187, p. 107, 1940.

_Type._--United States National Museum, No. 1522, from Buena Vista,
Coahuila, obtained by Lieutenant Darius N. Couch.

_Diagnosis._--This subspecies is characterized by solid body-blotches
that are black anteriorly and brown posteriorly, anterior dorsal
interspaces six or more scales in length, and the absence of dark
stripes or rows of spots on the anterior part of the body. There are 215
to 235 ventrals, 52 to 68 caudals, and 21 to 31 dorsal body-blotches.
The position of the lateral intercalary spots and lateral streaks are
the same as in _deppei deppei_.

_Variation._--Throughout the range of this subspecies the posterior
body-blotches are brown and noticeably lighter than the anterior ones.
Juveniles are colored like adults. Specimens from the northern part of
the range (Nuevo Le['o]n and Tamaulipas) have 21 to 28 (average 24.0)
dorsal body-blotches and 7 to 11 (average 8.9) scales in the interspace
between the first and second dorsal body-blotches, as compared with
specimens from the southern part of the range (Hidalgo, Queretaro, and
San Lui