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~Sibynophis collaris triangularis~ Taylor and Elbel, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 38:1130, fig. 23, March 20, 1958.

HOLOTYPE.--No. 33520, Nongko (village), Siracha (district), Chon Buri (province), Thailand; Boonsong Lekagul; August 18, 1953.

~Tantilla costaricensis~ Taylor [= Tantilla schistosa costaricensis Taylor, according to Smith (Herpetologica, 18:16, 1962)], Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 36:766, fig. 25a, July 15, 1954.

HOLOTYPE.--No. 30995, Cervantes, Cartago Province, Costa Rica; Edward H. Taylor; August 30, 1951.

~Tantilla schistosa costaricensis~ Taylor--See Tantilla costaricensis.

~Tantilla schistosa taylori~ Smith, Herpetologica, 18:17, April 9, 1962.

HOLOTYPE.--No. 35627, Suretka, Limón Province, Costa Rica; Edward H. Taylor; August 1, 1954.

~Thamnophis melanogaster chihuahuaensis~ Tanner, Herpetologica, 15:170, figs. 1-2, December 8, 1959.

PARATYPES.--Nos. 44275-44278, 23 miles south and 1.5 miles east of Creel, Chihuahua, México; Sydney Anderson and Ronald H. Pine; July 19-21, 1957.

NOTE.--Tanner (1959:170) erroneously listed these specimens as being from 1.5 miles east of Creel.

~Tropidoclonion lineatum annectens~ Ramsey, Herpetologica, 9:12, June 1, 1953.

HOLOTYPE.--No. 30005, Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma; Harold Dundee; May 3, 1951.

PARATYPES.--Nos. 30006-30011, data same as holotype.

~Typhlops silus~ Legler [= Typhlops lumbricalis (Linnaeus), according to Richmond (Copeia, 1961(2):222, 1961)], Herpetologica, 15:105, June 2, 1959.

HOLOTYPE.--No. 47469, Banes, Oriente Province, Cuba; Chapman Grant; April, 1956.

PARATYPES.--Nos. 47470 and 47471, data same as on holotype.

Transmitted June 28, 1962.

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Transcriber’s Note:

Words and phrases in italics are surrounded by underscores, like this. Those in bold are surrounded by tildes, ~like this~. Two misspelled words were corrected.

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