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Geophis nigrocinctus Duellman

Description

33. Geophis nigrocinctus Duellman

Geophis nigrocinctus Duellman 1959: 1.

Holotype. University of Michigan Museum of Zoology (UMMZ) 118841, male collected 18 June 1958 by J. Wellman.

Type­locality. Dos Aguas, Michoacán, México, 2100 m elevation.

Distribution. Known from the type locality, Sierra de Coalcoman, Michoacán, Mexico, and from the Sierra de Manantlán, Jalisco, Mexico, from 1900 m elevation.

Species group. chalybeus (Downs 1967).

Systematic references. Duellman (1959), Downs (1967).

Remarks. Flores­Villela et al. (1995) recorded G. nigrocinctus from a pine forest in Jalisco, Mexico.

Notes

Published as part of Wilson, Larry David & Townsend, Josiah H., 2007, A checklist and key to the snakes of the genus Geophis (Squamata: Colubridae: Dipsadinae), with commentary on distribution and conservation, pp. 1-31 in Zootaxa 1395 on page 15, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.273681

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References

  • Duellman, W. E. (1959) Two new snakes, genus Geophis, from Michoacan. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, 605, 1 - 9.
  • Downs, F. L. (1967) Intrageneric relationships among colubrid snakes of the genus Geophis Wagler. Miscellaneous Publications of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, 131, 1 - 193.
  • Flores-Villela, O., Loeza-Corichi, A. & Perez-Nunez, A. (1995) Geographic Distribution. Geophis nigrocinctus. Herpetological Review, 26, 109.