. Comments on the identities of certain Tantilla (Squamata: Colubridae) from Guatemala, with the descriptions of two new species. Tantilla; Snakes. Guatemalan Tantilla. Fig. 1. Tantilla taeniata (UTA R-21774), an adult female, 415 mm TL (reproduced from UTA Slide No. 4111). about a third of adjacent paravertebral scale rows, edged with unbroken dark brown laterally; tan lateral stripes on upper half of scale row 3 and lower half of scale row 4, edged with unbroken dark brown above and below on upper half of scale rows 4 and lower half of scale row 3, respectively; lateral stripes beginning abo
. Comments on the identities of certain Tantilla (Squamata: Colubridae) from Guatemala, with the descriptions of two new species. Tantilla; Snakes. Guatemalan Tantilla. Fig. 1. Tantilla taeniata (UTA R-21774), an adult female, 415 mm TL (reproduced from UTA Slide No. 4111). about a third of adjacent paravertebral scale rows, edged with unbroken dark brown laterally; tan lateral stripes on upper half of scale row 3 and lower half of scale row 4, edged with unbroken dark brown above and below on upper half of scale rows 4 and lower half of scale row 3, respectively; lateral stripes beginning about 3-4 scale lengths behind collar and extending entire length of body onto the tail (Fig. 1), becoming obscure on the distal fourth of the tail; ground color of dorsolateral stripes between pale middorsal and lateral stripes medium brown, vent- rolateral dark stripe between lateral pale stripe and ventrals also brown but distinctly paler than dorsolateral stripes; lower half of paraventral scale row pale on about anterior third of body, subsequently the amount of pale area on scales diminishing, only about lower fourth of paraventral scales pale on posterior fourth of body; lateral edges of most ventrals on posterior half of body with small dark spots, otherwise venter of body and tail immaculate cream anteriorly and yellow posteriorly; top of head dark brown with periphery of major head plates even darker; dorsum of snout without pale spot, but relatively pale in color; small white spot on adjacent portions of first and second supralabials and posterior nasal; prominent white postocu- lar spot covering fifth supralabial and adjacent portions of fourth and sixth supralabials, lower postocular, and anterior temporal; dark pigment surrounding eye not reaching lip margin; distinctive white nuchal collar imme- diately behind parietals and secondary temporals, collar a single dorsal scale long, bordered posteriorly with slightly darker brown than ground color of dorsolateral stripe
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