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218 UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS FUELS., MUS. NAT. HIST. Kinosternon hirtipes Wagler Cinosternon hirtipes Wagler, Naturl. Syst. der Amphibien, p. 137, pi. 5, figs. 29, 30, 1830 (based on a specimen from Mexico). In 1885-1902, Gunther (page 15, plates 12-15) reported specimens of Kinosternon from Mazattan, Sinaloa, and from the Tres Marias Islands as K. hirtipes. Boulenger (1889:42) referred the same specimens to K. integrum. Subsequent authors (Taylor, 1938:529; Smith and Taylor, 1950b:25) reported K. hirtipes from Sinaloa. Zwetfel (1960:94) referred the Tres Marias Kinosternon to the species integrum. Our work in Sinaloa complements Zweifel's work on the fauna of the Tres Marias Islands and we agree that all specimens of Kinosternon from Sinaloa are typical integrum. On this basis we reject the records and reports of K. hirtipes from Sinaloa, and suggest that these records are based on misidentified specimens of K. integrum. Additional information pertaining to the differences between K. integrum and K. hirtipes are presented in the account for K. integrum. It should be pointed out that the wholesale restrictions of type localities, as exemplified by the restriction of the type locality for K. hirtipes to Mazatlan by Smith and Taylor (I950a:343) have no validity and such restrictions should be ignored. This is especially relevant in the above instance where the type locality is restricted to a place where the species apparently does not occur. Anolis nebuloides Bocourt Anotis nebuloides Bocourt, Mission scientifique au Merique . . ., Etudes sur les reptiles, livr. 2, pp. 74-75, pi. 13, fig. 10, 1873 (type locality, Putla, Oaxaea). An examination of specimens of Anolis from Sinaloa has convinced us that the reports of Anolis nebuloides are based on misidentified specimens of Anolis nebuhsus. In addition, all specimens examined had, to the best of our knowledge, an orange dewlap. Anolis nebuloides has a pink dewlap. Gerrhonotus imbricatus ciliaris Smith Cerrhonotus levicollis ciliaris Smith, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 92:365, 1942 (type locality, Sierra Gaudelupe, Coahuila). Gerrhonotus imbricatus ciliaris: Stebbins, Amer. Mus. Novitates, 1883:23, March 21, 1958. There is a specimen of Gerrhonotus imbricatus ciliaris in the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH 585) collected by Paul R. Ruthling at "Escuinapa." The lizard was re-examined and the identity confirmed as reported by Tihen (1949:245) and Smith and Taylor (1950b:202). According to Tihen (1949:252), Stebbins (1958:18, fig, 4), and Duellman (1961:88) Gerrhonotus imbricatus is found at relatively high altitudes usually in pine forests, Escuinapa is located on the coastal plain at less than 50 meters elevation in tropical dry or deciduous forest. Because of the obvious differences in habitat between Escuinapa and other localities at which Gerrhonotus imbricatus has been collected, and because of the provenance of certain other specimens from the Ruthling collection, we do not consider Escuinapa, Sinaloa, to be the
AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES OF SINALOA, MEXICO 219 likely collecting site for this specimen. For this reason we do not consider Gerthonotus imbricatus ciliaris as a member of the Sinaloan herpetofauna. Future collecting in the pine-oak forest to the east of Escuinapa may reveal its presence in the state. Thamnophis melanogaster melanogaster (Peters) Tropidonottis melanogaster Peters, Monatsb, Akad. Wiss, Berlin, pp. 389- 390, 1864 (based on two specimens from Mexico), Thamnophis melanogaster melanogaster: Smith, Zoologica, 27:116, 1942. Two specimens (AMNH 19528-27) of this snake were purportedly collected by Paul R. Ruthling at Mazatlan. The amount of black on the belly of these specimens, a characteristic of the central Mexican plateau race of T. melano' gaster, necessitates a rejection of Mazad&n as the collecting site. Roger Conant examined the specimens and arrived at the same conclusion concerning the probable origin of these specimens. SUMMARY The herpetofauna of Sinaloa consists of 137 taxa, including 131 species. Reported from Sinaloa for the first time are 21 species or subspecies as follows: Eleutherodactylus hobartsmiihi, Syrrhophus modestus, Rana pustulosa, Hyla smaragdina, Chrysemys scripta hiltoni, Hemidactyltts frenatus, Phyllodactylus h. homolepidurus, Sceloporus m. magister, Cnemidophorus tigris, Gerrhonotus kingii ferrugineus, G. I. liocephalus, Heloderma s. suspectum, Coniophanes I. lateritius, Dryadophis melanolomus stuarti, Geophis dugesii, Leptodeira septentrionalis polysticta, Phyllorhynchus decurtatus, Salvadora bairdi, Sonora aemula, Storeria storerioides, and Crotalus m. molossus. Based on more extensive systematic studies of several species the following taxonomic changes are proposed. Each synonym is followed by the name recognized in this paper. Phrynohyas latifasciata Duellman (1956) equals Phrynohyas venulosa (Laurenti, 1768) Sceloporus chirkii uriquensis Tanner and Robison (1959) equals Sceloporus clarkii boulengeri Stejneger (1893) Sceloporus nelsoni barrancorum Tanner and Robinson (1959) equals Sceloporus nelsoni Cochran (1923) Gyalopion quadrangularis desertorum (Taylor, 1936) equals Gyalopion quadrangularis (Gunther, 1893) Pseudoficimia frontalis hiltoni Bogert and Oliver (1945) equals Pseudoficimia frontalis (Cope, 1864)
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