  The following localities are those referred to in the text. The name of the locality (listed alphabetically by states) is followed by latitude, longitude, elevation, general description (town, ranch, etc.), and general type of habitat. Unless otherwise noted, distances are straight-line (airline) distances in kilometers. The localities have been plotted from the American Geographical Society's "Map of Hispanic America on the Scale of 1:1,000,000" (Millionth Map). Numbers in brackets identify the position of a locality on the accompanying map (Fig. 1). OaxacaAgua Caliente.—Lat. 16° 38'; long. 94° 48'; elev. 140 m. A hot spring, 6.9 km. north of La Ventosa on the Trans-isthmian Highway; arid scrub forest [43]. Arenal, Cerro de.—Lat. 16° 18'; long. 95° 32'; elev. 925 m. (crest). A ridge northeast of Tenango; scrub forest on slopes and pine-oak forest on top [64]. Barrio, El.—Lat. 16° 38'; long. 95° 07'; elev. 314 m. A village about 10 kilometers southwest of MatÍas Romero; transition between scrub forest and broadleaf hardwood forest [38]. Bisilana.—Lat. 16° 20'; long. 95° 13'; elev. 35 m. A place name for a former ranch at the edge of Tehuantepec; open arid scrub forest [62]. Chivela.—Lat. 16° 20'; long. 95° 01'; elev. 195 m. A village on the Trans-isthmian Railroad, 26 kilometers by rail south of MatÍas Romero and on the western edge of the semi-arid Plains of Chivela [40]. ConcepciÓn.—Lat. 16° 17'; long. 95° 29'; elev. 1200 m. A ranch on the slopes of Cerro Arenal, east-northeast of Tenango; dry pine-oak forest [66]. Coyol.—Exact position unknown; according to Smith and Taylor (1950: 10), Coyol is "between San Antonio and Las Cruces." DonajÍ.—Lat. 17° 13'; long. 95° 02'; elev. 90 m. A village at Km. 155 on the Trans-isthmian Highway; rainforest [29]. Escurano.—Lat. 16° 25'; long. 95° 27'; elev. 500 m. A ranch about 25 kilometers west-northwest of Tehuantepec; arid scrub forest [51]. Guichicovi, San Juan.—Lat. 16° 58'; long. 95° 06'; elev. 250 m. A village on the north slopes of the isthmus, 12 kilometers north-northwest of MatÍas Romero; cleared hardwood forest and coffee plantations [33]. Huilotepec.—Lat. 16° 14'; long. 95° 09'; elev. 30 m. A small village on the RÍo Tehuantepec, 13 kilometers south-southeast of Tehuantepec; open arid scrub forest [69]. Ixtepec.—Lat. 16° 34'; long. 95° 06'; elev. 60 m. A town and railroad junction on the northwestern edge of the Plains of Tehuantepec; arid scrub forest [45]. JuchitÁn.—Lat. 16° 26'; long. 95° 02'; elev. 15 m. A town on the Plains of Tehuantepec, 22 kilometers by road east-northeast of Tehuantepec; arid scrub forest [50]. LimÓn.—Lat. 16° 20'; long. 95° 29'; elev. 600 m. A former agrarian colony and now a small ranch about 27 kilometers west of Tehuantepec; arid scrub forest [60]. MatÍas Romero.—Lat. 16° 53'; long. 95° 02'; elev. 200 m. A town on the Trans-isthmian Highway and railroad in the hills near the crest of the isthmus; broadleaf hardwood forest and open pine-oak forest [36]. Mixtequilla.—Lat. 16° 24'; long. 95° 18'; elev. 40 m. A village on the RÍo Tehuantepec, northwest of Tehuantepec; dense scrub forest [57]. Modelo, El.—Lat. 17° 07'; long. 94° 43'; elev. 200 m. An old rubber plantation on the RÍo Chalchijapa, a tributary to the RÍo Coatzacoalcos; rainforest [31]. Nanches, Portillo Los.—Lat. 16° 35'; long. 95° 37'; elev. 500 m. A place name, about 4 kilometers southeast of Totolapilla; scrub forest [44]. Nizanda.—Lat. 16° 42'; long. 95° 02'; elev. 150 m. A village on the Trans-isthmian Railroad between Chivela and Ixtepec; dense scrub forest [42]. Nueva Raza.—Exact location unknown; according to Thomas MacDougall, this locality is in the lowlands of northern Oaxaca; rainforest. Palmar.—Lat. 16° 43'; long. 94° 40'; elev. 300 m. A small ranch on the west base of Cerro Atravesado; scrub forest [39]. Papaloapan.—Lat. 18° 11'; long. 96° 06'; elev. 25 m. A small village on the RÍo Papaloapan in northern Oaxaca; low evergreen forest and savanna [11]. Princesa, La.—Lat. 16° 56'; long. 95° 02'; elev. 150 m. A ranch on the northern slopes of the isthmus, 6 kilometers by road north of MatÍas Romero; poorly developed rainforest [34]. Quiengola, Cerro de.—Lat. 16° 24'; long. 95° 22'; elev. 900 m. (crest). A hill 15 kilometers west-northwest of Tehuantepec; dense scrub forest on slopes and scattered pines on top [55]. Salazar.—Lat. 16° 25'; long. 95° 20'; elev. 45 m. A ranch on the RÍo Tehuantepec, northwest of Tehuantepec; dense scrub forest [52]. Salina Cruz.—Lat. 16° 10'; long. 95° 12'; sea level. A port on the Golfo de Tehuantepec; open arid scrub forest [70]. Collections were made in the vicinity of the town and in the open scrub forest 2.4 kilometers north at an elevation of 20 meters. San Antonio.—Lat. 16° 15'; long. 95° 22'; elev. 40 m. A ranch about 25 kilometers west-southwest of Tehuantepec; arid scrub forest [68]. San Pablo.—Lat. 16° 24'; long. 95° 18'; elev. 40 m. A ranch on the RÍo Tehuantepec, northwest of Tehuantepec; dense scrub forest [56]. Cerro San Pablo probably is the hill north of this ranch; this is shown on some maps as Cerro de los Amates. San Pedro, Cerro de.—Lat. 16° 18'; long. 95° 28'; elev. about 1100 m. (crest). A ridge about 24 kilometers west of Tehuantepec and east of Cerro Arenal; scrub forest on slopes and pine-oak forest on top [65]. Santa Efigenia.—Lat. 16° 25'; long. 94° 13'; elev. 500 m. A ranch on the southern slopes of the Sierra Madre de Chiapas, 8 kilometers north-northwest of Tapanatepec; scrub forest. Former home of Francis Sumichrast [53]. Santa LucÍa.—Lat. 16° 18'; long. 95° 28'; elev. 800 m. A place name for a former ranch on the east slopes of Cerro Arenal; scrub forest [63]. Santa MarÍa Chimalapa.—Lat. 16° 55'; long. 94° 42'; elev. 296 m. A village on the RÍo de los Milagros, a tributary to the RÍo Coatzacoalcos; rainforest [35]. Santiago Chivela.—Lat. 16° 42'; long. 94° 53'; elev. 200 m. A village on the Trans-isthmian Highway, 13.4 kilometers by road south of MatÍas Romero; dry, grassy plains and scattered clumps of scrubby trees and palms [41]. Collections were made in the vicinity of the village and at a rocky stream, 11 kilometers south on the Trans-isthmian Highway at an elevation of 230 m. Santo Domingo (Petapa).—Lat. 16° 50'; long. 95° 08'; elev. 225 m. A village about 13 kilometers west-southwest of MatÍas Romero; semi-arid scrub forest [37]. Sarabia.—Lat. 17° 04'; long. 95° 02'; elev. 100 m. A village 25 kilometers north of MatÍas Romero on the Trans-isthmian Highway; rainforest [32]. Collections were made in the vicinity of the village and in the rainforest along the RÍo Sarabia, 5 kilometers north of the village at an elevation of 80 meters. Tapanatepec.—Lat. 16° 32'; long. 94° 12'; elev. 90 m. A town on the Pan-American Highway on the lower slopes of the Sierra Madre de Chiapas; dense scrub forest [58]. Tehuantepec.—Lat. 16° 20'; long. 95° 14'; elev. 35 m. A large town on the Plains of Tehuantepec; scrub forest [61]. Collections were made in the vicinity of the town and in the dense scrub forest 8.6 kilometers west at an elevation of 85 meters and 14 kilometers west at an elevation of 120 meters. Tenango.—Lat. 16° 16'; long. 95° 30'; elev. 1100 m. A town in the mountains about 40 kilometers west-southwest of Tehuantepec; scrub forest [67]. TequisistlÁn.—Lat. 16° 24'; long. 95° 37'; elev. 190 m. A village in the valley of the RÍo TequisistlÁn, a tributary to the RÍo Tehuantepec; dense scrub forest [54]. Most collections were made about one kilometer north of the village where the Pan-American Highway crosses the RÍo TequisistlÁn. Tolosita.—Lat. 17° 12'; long. 95° 03'; elev. 80 m. A village on the RÍo Tortuguero near the Trans-isthmian Highway; rainforest [30]. Tres Cruces.—Lat. 16° 26'; long. 95° 51'; elev. 750 m. A ranch near the Pan-American Highway, 70 kilometers by road west-northwest of Tehuantepec; dense scrub forest [49]. Tuxtepec—Lat. 18° 06'; long. 96° 05'; elev. 80 m. A town on the RÍo Papaloapan in northern Oaxaca; low evergreen forest [12]. Ubero.—Lat. 17° 18'; long. 95° 00'; elev. 80 m. A lumber camp and railroad station, 8.5 kilometers south of the RÍo Jaltepec on the Trans-isthmian Highway; rainforest [28]. UniÓn Hidalgo.—Lat. 16° 27'; long. 94° 48'; elev. 7 m. A village on the railroad, 20 kilometers east-northeast of JuchitÁn; open scrub forest [48]. Ventosa, La.—Lat. 16° 30'; long. 94° 51'; elev. 25 m. A village at the junction of the Pan-American and Trans-isthmian highways; open scrub forest [46]. Zanatepec.—Lat. 16° 28'; long. 94° 22'; elev. 80 m. A village on the Pan-American Highway at the eastern edge of the Plains of Tehuantepec; dense scrub forest [47]. Most collections were made in the scrub forest 5 to 8 kilometers west-northwest of the village. Zarzamora.—Lat. 16° 21'; long. 95° 48'; elev. 800 m. A ranch between La Reforma (16 kilometers west of TequisistlÁn) and Santa MarÍa Ecatepec; scrub forest with oaks on higher ridges [59]. VeracruzAcayucan.—Lat. 17° 57'; long. 94° 55'; elev. 160 m. A large town on the Trans-isthmian Highway; rainforest [21]. Collections were made in the vicinity of the town, but principally at Rancho Las Hojitas, 7 kilometers northwest of town at an elevation of 150 meters. Alvarado.—Lat. 18° 47'; long. 95° 47'; sea level. A fishing village at the mouth of the RÍo Papaloapan; coastal dunes and marshes [1]. Most collections were made 1-3 kilometers southeast of the village in marshes on the leeward side of the coastal dunes. AmatitlÁn.—Lat. 18° 26'; long. 95° 45'; elev. 4 m. A village on the bank of the RÍo Papaloapan; savanna and sugar plantations [6]. Aquilera.—Lat. 17° 48'; long. 95° 01'; elev. 150 m. A village 21 kilometers southwest of Acayucan on the Trans-isthmian Highway; rainforest [22]. Ayentes.—Lat. 18° 10'; long. 94° 26'; elev. 2 m. A railroad station on the east bank of the RÍo Coatzacoalcos, across the river from the city of Coatzacoalcos; scrub forest and marshes [17]. Berta.—Lat. 18° 07'; long. 94° 27'; elev. 5 m. A ranch just south of Coatzacoalcos; scrub and low evergreen forest [15]. Chacaltianguis.—Lat. 18° 18'; long. 95° 52'; elev. 5 m. A village on the RÍo Papaloapan; savanna [8]. Ciudad AlemÁn.—Lat. 18° 13'; long. 96° 07'; elev. 30 m. A new government town, headquarters of the ComisiÓn del Papaloapan; scrub and low evergreen forest [10]. Coatzacoalcos (formerly Puerto MÉxico).—Lat. 18° 10'; long. 94° 27'; elev. 2 m. A seaport at the mouth of the RÍo Coatzacoalcos; scrub on coastal dunes; marshes and low evergreen forest inland [16]. Most collections are from the forest-savanna ecotone, 8 kilometers southwest of town. Cosamaloapan.—Lat. 18° 22'; long. 95° 50'; elev. 4 m. An agricultural town on the RÍo Papaloapan; savanna and sugar plantations [7]. Cosoleacaque.—Lat. 17° 59'; long. 94° 38'; elev. 55 m. A village 8 kilometers by road west of MinatitlÁn; savanna [19]. Cuatotolapam.—Lat. 18° 08'; long. 95° 16'; elev. 13 m. A village on the Trans-isthmian Railroad; savanna and low evergreen forest along streams [13]. Hueyapan.—Lat. 18° 08'; long. 19° 09'; elev. 85 m. A town 32 kilometers by road northwest of Acayucan; savanna and low evergreen forest [14]. Collections were made in the vicinity of the town and from forest 10 kilometers southeast of town at an elevation of 135 meters. JesÚs Carranza (formerly Santa Lucrecia).—Lat. 17° 27'; long. 95° 02'; elev. 80 m. A town and railroad junction in the middle of the isthmus; rainforest [26]. Most of Dalquest's specimens came from varying distances from JesÚs Carranza along the RÍo Coatzacoalcos and its tributaries. MinatitlÁn.—Lat. 17° 58'; long. 94° 32'; elev. 15 m. An oil refinery center on the RÍo Coatzacoalcos; savanna [20]. Naranjo.—Lat. 17° 35'; long. 95° 07'; elev. 100 m. A village on the Trans-isthmian Highway, 45 kilometers south of Acayucan; rainforest and palm forest [24]. Novillero.—Lat. 18° 16'; long. 95° 59'; elev. 10 m. A village on the RÍo Papaloapan; scrub forest and grassland [9]. OaxaqueÑa, La.—Lat. 17° 26'; long. 94° 53'; elev. 80 m. A hacienda on the RÍo Coatzacoalcos about 12 kilometers east of JesÚs Carranza; rainforest [27]. Playas, RÍo de las.—Lat. 18° 08'; long. 94° 07'; elev. 3 m. The river (sometimes known as the RÍo TonolÁ) forming the boundary between the states of Veracruz and Tabasco; rainforest [18]. San Lorenzo.—Lat. 17° 44'; long. 94° 42'; elev. 25 m. A village on the RÍo Chiquito, about 30 kilometers southeast of Acayucan; rainforest [23]. Suchil.—Lat. 17° 31'; long. 95° 03'; elev. 40 m. A village on the Trans-isthmian Railroad, about 10 kilometers north of JesÚs Carranza; rainforest [25]. Tecolapan.—Lat. 18° 24'; long. 95° 18'; elev. 275 m. A village on a small river of the same name in the western foothills of Los Tuxtlas; rainforest [5]. Tejada, Lerdo de.—Lat. 18° 37'; long. 95° 31'; elev. 60 m. An agricultural village, 35 kilometers by road east-southeast of Alvarado; scrub forest, marshes, and sugar plantations [2]. Collections were made in a marsh, 5 kilometers west-northwest of the village. Tlacotalpan.—Lat. 18° 37'; long. 95° 42'; elev. 3 m. A town at the confluence of the RÍo San Juan and RÍo Papaloapan; marshes and sugar plantations [3]. Tula.—Lat. 18° 36'; long. 95° 22'; elev. 150 m. A village near the western base of Los Tuxtlas; low evergreen forest and marshes [4]. Collections were made in a marsh 3 kilometers northwest of the village. |
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