Geophis ruthveni Werner

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, Zootaxa 1395, pp. 1-31 : 17-18

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.273681
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5620432
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scientific name	Geophis ruthveni Werner
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40. Geophis ruthveni Werner

Geophis ruthveni Werner 1925: 60 .

Catastoma ruthveni: Amaral 1929: 193 .

Holotype. Naturhistorischen Museums Wien ( NHMW) 16508, male.

Typelocality. “Sarapigui, Brasilien.” Probably refers to Sarapiquí, Heredia, Costa Rica (See Remarks).

Distribution. Northcentral Costa Rica, 851600 m elevation.

Species group. championi ( Downs 1967) .

Systematic references. Werner (1925), Savage (1960), Downs (1967).

Remarks. Downs (1967: 78) agreed with Savage (1960) and Dunn (in Savage, 1960: 31) that the type locality of “Sarapigui,” Brazil is in error and means Sarapiquí, Costa Rica.