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
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.273681
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Geophis omiltemanus
(Günther)
Geophis omiltemana
Günther 1893
: 92
.
Dirosema omiltemanum
:
Boulenger 1894
: 299
.
Atractus omiltemanus
: Cope 1896: 1024
.
Catastoma omiltemanum
:
Amaral 1929
: 192
.
Geophis omiltemana
:
Smith 1941b
: 1
.
Geophis omiltemanus
:
Downs 1967
: 124
.
Syntypes
. Three, The Natural History Museum, London (BMNH) 1946.1.6.3537 collected by H.H. Smith.
Downs (1967:124)
designated 1946.1.6.37, an adult male, the
lectotype
.
Typelocality. Omilteme, Guerrero,
Mexico
, ca.
2438 m
elevation.
Distribution. Known from the vicinity of the
type
locality, in the Sierra Madre del Sur, Guerrero,
Mexico
, and from western Oaxaca.
Species group.
omiltemanus
(
Downs 1967
)
.
Systematic references.
Günther (1893)
,
Downs (1967)
,
Hardy (1976)
.
Remarks.
Campbell (1988:28)
reported this species from San Andrés Chicahuaxtla, Oaxaca,
Mexico
, based on a personal communication from C. H. Bogert.