Ahumada-Carrillo Et Al. 2011. Geographic Distribution, Micrurus Laticollaris, Jalisco

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    Herpetological Review 42(2), 2011

    243243GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION 243

    Conservation Area north parking lot on W. Michigan St.(40.184028N, 92.618975W). 6 April 2010. Anthony J. Wilmes. Verified by Richard Daniel. Voucher specimen deposited in theUniversity of Missouri Columbia Museum (UMC 8750). A singlesub-adult male DOR (64 cm SVL, 10 cm TL, 135 g ). First vouch-ered specimen from Adair Co. (Daniel and Edmond. 2010. Atlasof Missouri Amphibians and Reptiles for 2009. ). Collected under Missouri Depart-ment of Conservation wildlife collectors permit #14509 issuedto PJM.

    ANTHONY J. WILMES (e-mail: [email protected]) and PE-TER J. MUELLEMAN , Department of Biology, Truman State University,Kirksville, Missouri 63501, USA.

    LAMPROPELTIS MEXICANA (Mexican Kingsnake) . MEXI-CO: NAYARIT: Mesa de Nayar (22.4283861N, 104.8460944W; WGS84), 2220 m elev. 23 August 2010. C. Rodriquez and C. Grn- wald. Verified by Robert W. Bryson, Jr. University of Texas Ar-lington Digital Collection (UTADC 68336835, photo vouchers).New state records, extending the range 110 km S from south-

    ern Durango (42 mi. S of Cd. Durango [UCM 21061]; Gehlbachand McCoy 1965. Herpetologica 21:3538), which representsthe southernmost locality for the western portion of the SierraMadre Occidental. The three snakes, phenotypically similar topopulations of L. m. greeri from Durango, along with severalshed skins, were located under rocks within pine-oak forest.

    ROBERT W. HANSEN , 16333 Deer Path Lane, Clovis, California 93619-9735, USA (e-mail: [email protected]); CHRIS M. RODRIGUEZ , LosAngeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens, 5333 Zoo Drive, Los Angeles, Cali-fornia 90027, USA (e-mail: [email protected]); CHRISTOPH I. GRN-WALD , Casa Mexico Real Estate, Ajijic Plaza #1, Ajijic, Jalisco, Mxico (e-mail: [email protected]).

    MICRURUS LATICOLLARIS (Balsan Coralsnake) . MEXICO: JA-

    LISCO:M uniCipalitYoF t eColotln

    : 1 km N Tecolotln (20.23289N,104.06000W; WGS84) , 1300 m elev. 30 June 2009. Ivn T. Ahu-mada-Carrillo. Verified by Eric N. Smith. UTADC 6253. First re-cord for municipality and northernmost record for the species,extending the range ca. 85 km (airline) N from the closest knownlocalities in southern Jalisco (Campbell and Lamar 2004. The Venomous Reptiles of the Western Hemisphere, Vol. I. ComstockPubl. Assoc., Cornell Univ. Press, Ithaca, New York. 475 pp.). Thesnake was found in tropical deciduous forest.

    IVN T. AHUMADA-CARRILLO (e-mail: [email protected].),OSCAR F. REYNA-BUSTOS , and JACOBO REYES-VELASCO (e-mail: [email protected]), Centro Universitario de Ciencias Biolgicas y Agropecuar-ias, Universidad de Guadalajara, Carretera a Nogales Km. 15.5, Las Agujas,Nextipac, Zapopan, Jalisco, Mxico.

    NERODIA ERYTHROGASTER (Plain-bellied Watersnake) . USA: ALABAMA:C RENSHAW C O .: 8.69 km E of US 331 on CR 6 (31.6722N,86.18972W; WGS84; elev. 97 m). 22 April 2006. Michael E. Welk-er. Verified by Craig Guyer and Robert Makowsky. University of Alabama Herpetological Collection (UAHC 15643). New countyrecord and range extension (Mount 1975. The Reptiles and Am-phibians of Alabama. University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa.347 pp.). This DOR adult male specimen weighing 209 g helps filla distributional gap in south-central Alabama. The closest docu-mented locality for this species occurs southeast of this speci-men in extreme northwestern Coffee Co.

    MICHAEL E. WELKER , Ocotillo Herpetofauna and Invertebrates, 3697Yanagisako Avenue, El Paso, Texas 79938, USA; e-mail: [email protected]

    NERODIA ERYTHROGASTER FLAVIGASTER (Yellow-bellied Watersnake) . USA: ALABAMA:P ICKENS C O .: 5.15 km N of CR 2 onCR 63 (33.13613N, 87.92922W; WGS84; elev. 68 m). 04 July 2006.Michael E. Welker. Verified by Craig Guyer and Robert Makowsky.University of Alabama Herpetological Collection (UAHC 15644).New county record and range extension (Mount 1975. The Rep-tiles and Amphibians of Alabama. University of Alabama Press,Tuscaloosa. 347 pp.). This DOR adult male specimen weighing230 g helps fill a distributional gap in western Alabama along theMississippi border. The closest records for this species are un-published specimen records from the UAHC database that occurin Greene, Tuscaloosa, and Fayette counties (R. Makowsky, pers.comm.).

    MICHAEL E. WELKER , Ocotillo Herpetofauna and Invertebrates, 3697Yanagisako Avenue, El Paso, Texas 79938, USA; e-mail: [email protected]

    OPHEODRYS AESTIVUS AESTIVUS (Northern Rough Green-snake) . USA: ALABAMA:H ALE C O .: 12.87 km E of CR 708 on NFR708A (32.950889N, 87.450389W; WGS84; elev.115 m). 15 July2006. Michael E. Welker and Scott Altnether. Verified by CraigGuyer and Robert Makowsky. University of Texas Arlington (UTAR 55651). New county record and range extension (Mount 1975.The Reptiles and Amphibians of Alabama. University of AlabamaPress, Tuscaloosa. 347 pp.). The closest documented locality re-cord to this DOR adult specimen occurs in adjacent Perry Co.

    MICHAEL E. WELKER , Ocotillo Herpetofauna and Invertebrates, 3697Yanagisako Avenue, El Paso, Texas 79938, USA; e-mail: [email protected]

    PANTHEROPHIS GUTTATUS (Red Cornsnake) . TURKS ANDCAICOS ISLANDS: Grand Turk: south of Cockburn Town, near

    cruise ship terminal (21.430N, 71.145W; WGS84), 5 m elev. 1October 2009. Brian M. Riggs. Verified by A. C. Echternacht. Col-or photo voucher (APSU 19020). First record from the Turks andCaicos Islands, but was also introduced to the Cayman Islands(Henderson and Powell 2009. Natural History of West IndianReptiles and Amphibians. Univ. Florida Press, Gainesville. xvii +495 pp.; Schwartz and Henderson 1991. Amphibians and Rep-tiles of the West Indies: Descriptions, Distributions, and NaturalHistory, Univ. Florida Press, Gainesville. xvi + 720 pp.).

    R. GRAHAM REYNOLDS , Department of Ecology and EvolutionaryBiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA (e-mail:[email protected]); BRIAN M. RIGGS , Department of Environment andCoastal Resources, Turks and Caicos Islands Government, Lower BightRoad, Providenciales (e-mail: [email protected]).

    PANTHEROPHIS GUTTATUS (Red Cornsnake) . USA: TENNES-SEE: C HESTER C O .: Rabbit Ranch Rd. ca 1.4 km W of Glendale Rd.35.2817N, 88.3340W; WGS 84). 03 May 2009. Jonathan W. Stan-ley. Verified by A. Floyd Scott. Austin Peay State University Mu-seum of Zoology (APSU 19064). First county record (Scott andRedmond 2008. Atlas of Reptiles in Tennessee. The Center forField Biology, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, Tennes-see. http://www.apsu.edu/reptatlas [updated 13 October 2010;accessed 03 January 2011]).