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Geophis tarascae Hartweg

Description

45. Geophis tarascae Hartweg

Geophis tarascae Hartweg 1959:1.

Holotype. University of Michigan Museum of Zoology (UMMZ) 99151, male collected 18 July 1947 by N. Hartweg.

Type­locality. The “Parque Nacional” outside of Uruapan, Michoacán, Mexico, ca. 1676 m elevation. Distribution. Known from 1400­1700 m elevation in Jalisco and Michoacán, Mexico Species group. chalybeus (Downs 1967).

Systematic references. Downs (1967), Dixon (1968), Medica et al. (1975).

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 19, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.273681

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References

  • Hartweg, N. (1959) A new colubrid snake of the genus Geophis from Michoacan. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, 601, 1 - 5.
  • 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.
  • Dixon, J. R. (1968) Notes on the snake genus Geophis, from Nevado de Colima, Jalisco, Mexico. Southwestern Naturalist, 13, 452 - 454.
  • Medica, P. A., Arndt, R. G. & Dixon, J. R. (1975) Additional records of reptiles from Jalisco, Mexico. Great Basin Naturalist 35, 317 - 318.