. Breviora. BREVIORA No. 229 (AMNH); Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University (MCZ); United States National Museum (USNM); INIuseum of Zoology, University of Michigan (UMMZ). We wish to thank Charles M. Bogert, Grace M. Tilger, Ernest E. Williams, Doris M. Cochran, James A. Peters, Charles F. Walker, and George R. Zug for the loan of these small serpents; Mr. Leber and Ronald F. Klinikowski aided us in assembling material in the field (designated as ASFS), and Mr. Klinikowski has likewise made some of the illustrations for the present paper. We have examined 30 speci- mens in all, inc


. Breviora. BREVIORA No. 229 (AMNH); Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University (MCZ); United States National Museum (USNM); INIuseum of Zoology, University of Michigan (UMMZ). We wish to thank Charles M. Bogert, Grace M. Tilger, Ernest E. Williams, Doris M. Cochran, James A. Peters, Charles F. Walker, and George R. Zug for the loan of these small serpents; Mr. Leber and Ronald F. Klinikowski aided us in assembling material in the field (designated as ASFS), and Mr. Klinikowski has likewise made some of the illustrations for the present paper. We have examined 30 speci- mens in all, including the holotype (MCZ 38252) of the species, with all but five of these originating in the Furcy area. We are thus hampered in comparing these Furcy snakes with topotypical material from the east in the La Hotte, but for the moment there is no choice but to accept the agreement of the Montague Noire material with that from the La Hotte (admittedly an unlikely possibility, vide infra). The snakes from the Sierra de Baoruco, which are distinct from the more western populations, may be named:. Fig. 1. Darlinglonia haedana haetiana, pattern at midbody, ASFS X20S0, Peneau, Bassin Bleu, 5000 feet, D^pt. de I'Ouest, Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Harvard University. Museum of Comparative Zoology. Cambridge, Mass. , Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University


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