A checklist and key to the snakes of the genus Geophis (Squamata: Colubridae: Dipsadinae), with commentary on distribution and conservation
Author
Wilson, Larry David
Author
Townsend, Josiah H.
text
Zootaxa
2007
1395
1
31
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.273681
1414766b-1cb5-4fdb-be42-306fac45815d
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273681
1.
Geophis anocularis
Dunn
Geophis anocularis
Dunn 1920
: 127
.
Catostoma anoculare
:
Amaral 1929
: 190
.
Geophis dubius
:
Downs 1967
: 84
.
Holotype
. National Museum of Natural History (
USNM
) 46556, adult male collected
26 July 1894
by E. W. Nelson and E. A. Goldman.
Typelocality. Totontepec, Oaxaca,
Mexico
.
Distribution. Known only from
18501900 m
elevation in the vicinity of the
type
locality in the Sierra Mije, Oaxaca,
Mexico
.
Species group.
dubius
(
Downs 1967
;
Campbell
et al
. 1983
).
Systematic references.
Dunn (1920)
,
Downs (1967)
,
Campbell
et al
. (1983)
.
Remarks. Synonymized with
G. dubius
by
Downs (1967: 84)
. Resurrected by
Campbell
et al
. (1983)
, based on the collection of 21 additional specimens from Totontepec, Oaxaca,
Mexico
.