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RAMPHOTYPHLOPS BRAMINUS (Brahminy Blind Snake).

MXICO: HIDALGO: MUNICIPALITY OF TASQUILLO: Tzindeje (20.
56394N, 99.31800W; WGS84), elev. 1617 m. 12 July 2008.
Luis Alberto Trejo Corona. Verifed by Adrian Leyte Manrique.
Coleccin de Anfbios y Reptiles del Centro de Investigaciones
Biolgicas, Universidad Autnoma del Estado de Hidalgo (CIB-
2346). First record for Hidalgo, extending its known range ca.
125 km airline NW from the nearest record in Distrito Federal
(Mancilla-Moreno and Ramrez-Bautista 1998. Herpetol. Rev.
29:54). The snake was found during the day among fallen logs
and sand in thornscrub.
We received support from Diversidad Biolgica del Estado de
Hidalgo and FOMIX-CONACYT- HIDALGO 43761, 95828,
and funding for feldwork by S52552-Q.
Submitted by URIEL HERNNDEZ SALINAS (e-mail:
uhernndez3@gmail.com) and AURELIO RAMREZ BAU-
TISTA, Centro de Investigaciones Biolgicas (CIB), Univer-
sidad Autnoma del Estado de Hidalgo, A.P. 1-69 Plaza Jurez,
C.P. 42001, Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mxico (e-mail: aurelior@edu.
uaeh.mx).
SISTRURUS MILIARIUS (Pygmy Rattlesnake). USA:
GEORGIA: BARTOW CO.: SR 293, 0.3 mi W of Todd Rd. NW
(34.24231N, 85.01112W; WGS84; Coord Precision: 50; Georef
Source: Google Earth ver. 4.0.2091). 10 August 2010. Grover J.
Brown. Verifed by Kenneth L. Krysko. UF 154935. New county
record (Jensen et al. 2008. Amphibians and Reptiles of Georgia.
University of Georgia Press, Athens, Georgia. 575 pp.).
Submitted by GROVER J. BROWN, University of Georgia,
Odum School of Ecology, Athens, Georgia 30602, USA; e-mail:
Turtles328@gmail.com
STORERIA OCCIPITOMACULATA (Red-bellied Snake). USA:
GEORGIA: BULLOCH CO.: 0.5 km S of East Main Street along
Willie McTail Trail in Statesboro (32.26604N, 81.46927W;
datum not available). 26 June 2010. Submitted by Daniel May
and Lance McBrayer. Verifed by Ray Chandler. Georgia South-
ern University Herpetology Collection. GSU 9731, 9732. New
county record (Jensen et al. 2008. Amphibians and Reptiles of
Georgia. University of Georgia Press, Athens, Georgia 404 pp.).
Originally captured on 01 February 2010 and released; then re-
captured in the same location (~10 m from creek) under rotten
hardwood log covered with kudzu. The gravid female, (GSU
9731; 152 mm SVL, 195 mm TL) gave birth to fve offspring
in captivity (GSU 9732; mean SVL 57 mm, 75 mm TL). Each
animal was photographed and released.
Submitted by DANIEL MAY and LANCE MCBRAYER, De-
partment of Biology, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro,
Georgia 30460, USA.
STORERIA OCCIPITOMACULATA OCCIPITOMACULATA
(Northern Red-bellied Snake). USA: ARKANSAS: GRANT CO.:
1.6 km N of Leola off St. Hwy 46 (34.184684N, 92.582645W;
WGS 84). 15 June 2005. H. W. Robison. Verifed by R. Tumli-
son. Henderson State University Herpetological Collection (HSU
1556). New county record. Helps fll a distributional hiatus in
central Arkansas between Jefferson and Hot Spring counties
(Trauth et al. 2004. The Amphibians and Reptiles of Arkansas.
Univ. Arkansas Press, Fayetteville. 421 pp.).
Submitted by CHRIS T. MCALLISTER, Science and Mathe-
matics Division, Eastern Oklahoma State College, 2805 NE Lin-
coln Road, Idabel, Oklahoma 74745, USA (e-mail: cmcallister@
se.edu); and HENRY W. ROBISON, Department of Biology,
Southern Arkansas University, Magnolia, Arkansas 71754, USA
(e-mail: hwrobison@yahoo.com).
SYMPHOLIS LIPPIENS (Mexican Short-tailed Snake).
MEXICO: JALISCO: MUNICIPALITY OF PUERTO VALLARTA: 1 km
W Quimixto (20.50289N, 105.37747W; WGS84), elev. 91
m. 29 July 2008. Marko Antonio Guzmn Vargas. Verifed by
Luis Canseco Mrquez. Coleccin Herpetolgica del Museo
de Zoologa Alfonzo L. Herrera, Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM
(MZFCID 03). First record from Puerto Vallarta, which bridges
a distributional gap between 16.8 miles (26.88 km) E of San
Blas, Nayarit (Zweifel 1959. Am. Mus. Novit. 1949:19) and
Guadalajara, Jalisco, the type locality for the species (Smith and
Taylor 1945. U.S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 187:iv + 1239). The snake
was found in tropical deciduous forest.
Submitted by IVN T. AHUMADA CARRILLO (e-mail: lep-
idus320@hotmail.com.) and MARKO ANTONIO GUZMN
VARGAS, Centro Universitario de Ciencias Biolgicas y Agro-
pecuarias, Universidad de Guadalajara, Carretera a Nogales Km.
15.5, Las Agujas, Nextipac, Zapopan, Jalisco, Mxico; and URI
OMAR GRCIA-VZQUEZ, Laboratorio de Herpetologa,
Museo de Zoologa, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional
Autnoma de Mxico, A.P. 70-399, Mxico, D.F. 04510, Mxico.
TANTILLA OOLITICA (Rim Rock Crowned Snake). USA:
FLORIDA: MONROE CO.: Big Pine Key, Ixora Drive (24.6814N,
81.3519W; NAD 83). 18 December 2007. Michael A. Yirka,
Joseph Flowers, Michael D. Martin, Kevin R. Messenger, and
Nathan A. Shepard. Verifed by Kenneth L. Krysko. Florida Mu-
seum of Natural History (UF photograph 152546). Island record.
Extends the range 26.7 km west of the closest known locality
on Vaca Key (Krysko and Decker 1996. Herpetol. Rev. 27:215).
Only known Lower Keys record outside of questionable Key
West specimen (Telford 1966. Bull. Florida St. Mus. Biol. Ser.
10:261304).
Submitted by MICHAEL A. YIRKA, 6016 Countryview Ln,
Raleigh, North Carolina 27606, USA; JOSEPH N. FLOWERS,
4325 Inwood Road, Raleigh, North Carolina 27603, USA; MI-
CHAEL D. MARTIN, University of South Carolina, Depart-
ment of Biological Sciences, Coker Life Sciences Room 706,
Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA; KEVIN R. MESSEN-
GER, Marshall University, Department of Biological Sciences,
One John Marshall Drive, Huntington, West Virginia 25703,
USA; and NATHAN A. SHEPARD, Marshall University, De-
partment of Biological Sciences, One John Marshall Drive, Hun-
tington, West Virginia 25703, USA (e-mail: nathan.zoology@
gmail.com).
TROPIDOCLONION LINEATUM (Lined Snake). USA: NEW
MEXICO: OTERO Co.: 1.93 km E of Mayhill on US Hwy 82 and
0.32 km N on Cherry Lane (32.90860N, 105.46993W; NAD83/
WGS84), elev. 2016 m. 07 July 2006. Ian W. Murray and Christo-
pher Newsom. Verifed by J. Tomasz Giermakowski. University