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Type Specimens of Amphibians and Reptiles in the Museum of Natural History, the University of Kansas · William Edward Duellman — chapter 12 of 14 · ~441 words · public domain

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HOLOTYPE.--No. 19237, about 30 miles north of Ciudad Chihuahua, Chihuahua, México; David H. Dunkle and Hobart M. Smith; June 21, 1934.

PARATYPES.--No. 19238, data same as on holotype. Nos. 19239 and 19240, 20 miles south of Ciudad Chihuahua, Chihuahua, México; David H. Dunkle and Hobart M. Smith; June 21, 1934.

NOTE.--Formerly these specimens were respectively H. M. Smith Nos. 132, 128, 141 and 143, as given in the original description.

~Xenosaurus nemanorum~ Taylor, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 33:183, April 20, 1949.

PARATYPES.--Nos. 24043-24047, Xilitla region, San Luis Potosí, México; Marcella Newman; April 27-June 1, 1947.

NOTE.--Formerly these specimens were respectively Louisiana State University Nos. 502, 496, 492, 503, and 489.

SERPENTES

~Bothrops schlegeli supraciliaris~ Taylor, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 36:791, fig. 39, July 15, 1954.

HOLOTYPE.--No. 31997, mountains near San Isidro del General, San José Province, Costa Rica; collector and date unknown.

~Coniophanes fissidens obsoletus~ Minton and Smith, Herpetologica, 16:108, fig. 1, June 17, 1960.

PARATYPES.--Nos. 30976-30979, 34834, Turrialba, Cartago Province, Costa Rica; John Baker and Edward H. Taylor; June-August, 1951.

~Dipsas costaricensis~ Taylor [= Sibon longifrenis (Stejneger), according to Peters (Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan, 114:192, 1960)], Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 34:63, pl. 7, fig. 2, October 1, 1951.

HOLOTYPE.--No. 25703, Morehouse Finca, 5 miles southwest of Turrialba, Cartago Province, Costa Rica; Edward H. Taylor; July 16, 1947.

~Dipsas tenuissima~ Taylor, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 36:771, figs. 28-29, July 15, 1954.

HOLOTYPE.--No. 31961, 15 kilometers west-southwest of San Isidro del General, San José Province, Costa Rica; Edward H. Taylor; July 10, 1952.

~Dryadophis sanguiventris~ Taylor, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 36:722, July 15, 1954.

HOLOTYPE.--No. 31978, Esquinas Forest Reserve, Las Esquinas, between Golfito and Palmar, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica; Edward H. Taylor; September 3, 1952.

~Ficimia streckeri~ Taylor, Copeia, 1931(1):5, March 31, 1931.

HOLOTYPE.--No. 9140, 3 miles east of Rio Grande City, Starr County, Texas; Edward H. Taylor; July 13, 1930.

NOTE.--Taylor (1931:5) erroneously listed the number of the holotype as 4140.

~Geophis acutirostris~ Taylor, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 36:691, fig. 3, July 15, 1954.

HOLOTYPE.--No. 34670, Cot, south slope of Volcán Irazú, Cartago Province, Costa Rica; Edward H. Taylor; July 2, 1952.

~Geophis aquilonaris~ Legler, Univ. Kansas Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist., 11:329, figs. 1-2, January 28, 1959.

HOLOTYPE.--No. 44265, 23 miles south and 1.5 miles east of Creel, Chihuahua, México; Ronald H. Pine; July 23, 1957.

PARATYPE.--No. 44266, data same as on holotype.

~Geophis bakeri~ Taylor, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 36:689, July 15, 1954.

HOLOTYPE.--No. 31983, Isla Bonita, Heredia Province, Costa Rica; Edward H. Taylor; July 19, 1952.

PARATYPES.--No. 30940, Pacayas, Cartago Province, Costa Rica; Edward H. Taylor; August 6, 1951. Nos. 31982, 31984, data same as on holotype.

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