Micrurus psyches medemi Roze 1967

Cruz-Rodríguez, Cristian, Lynch, John D., Cárdenas, Julieth S. & Caicedo-Portilla, José Rancés, 2021, Type specimens housed in the herpetological collections at Museo de La Salle Bogotá and their historical importance for the consolidation of herpetology in Colombia, Zootaxa 4965 (2), pp. 261-292 : 285-287

Micrurus psyches medemi Roze 1967 .

Paratypes ILS 1516-17 (= actual acronym MLS) ( figs. 58 and 59 ), males, ILS 1513 (= actual acronym MLS) ( fig. 60 ), 1515, 1580 ( fig. 61 ), females. “Villavicencio, Meta, Colombia ”, Nicéforo María , 1950. ILS 1512 (= actual acronym MLS) ( fig. 62 ), male. “ Río Ocoa , south of Villavicencio, Colombia, Nicéforo María, Feb. 1950. Actual acronym MLS.

Remarks: ILS 1513 was collected in Jan. 1943. ILS 1516 were collected in Mar. 1950, ILS 1517 in Jul. 1930 and ILS 1580 by Brother Serafín Bartolomé. The specimen MLS 1515 is present in the collection, however it is Dipsas indica ( Laurenti, 1768) instead of M. p. medemi. The ILS 1515 referenced in the paper is considered lost. The subspecies was raised to species level by Roze (1994). Specimen MLS 1516-17, 1513 and 1580 are hydrated and in good state of preservation.

Figures

FIGURE 58. Paratype of Micrurus psyches medemi, MLS 1516, dorsal and ventral view (Scale bar = 1 cm).

FIGURE 59. Paratype of Micrurus psyches medemi, MLS 1517, dorsal and ventral view (Scale bar = 1 cm).

FIGURE 60. Paratype of Micrurus psyches medemi, MLS 1513, dorsal and ventral view (Scale bar = 1 cm).

FIGURE 61. Paratype of Micrurus psyches medemi, MLS 1580, dorsal and ventral view (Scale bar = 1 cm).

FIGURE 62. Paratype of Micrurus psyches medemi, MLS 1512, dorsal and ventral view (Scale bar = 1 cm).