Geophis dugesii Bocourt

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 : 9

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15. Geophis dugesii Bocourt

Geophis dugesii Bocourt 1883: 573 .

E (lapoidis) dugesi: Cope 1885: 386 .

Geophis dugesi: Cope 1885: 386 .

Catastoma dugesii: Amaral 1929: 191 .

Geophis aquilonaris Legler 1959: 329 .

Geophis dugesi: Duellman 1961: 96 .

Geophis dugesii aquilonaris: Webb 1977: 551 . Geophis dugesii dugesii: Webb 1977: 551 . Geophis dugesi aquilonaris: VazquezDiaz & QuinteroDiaz 1999: 235 .

Holotype. Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris ( MNHN) 83278, male collected by O. Navarro and given to A. Dugés.

Typelocality. Tangancicuaro, Mexico.

Distribution. Known from Aguascalientes, Jalisco, Michoacan, Sinaloa, Durango, and Chihuahua, 1500 2100 m elevation.

Species group. chalybeus ( Downs 1967) .

Systematic references. Bocourt (1883), Smith (1939), Legler (1959), Downs (1967) Webb (1977), Rodriguez Torres & Vásquez Díaz (1990).

Remarks. Downs (1967: 6263) tentatively assigned two specimens from southern Sinaloa to Geophis dugesii . Webb (1977: 551) reduced G. aquilonaris to a subspecies of G. dugesii based on a collection of specimens from Durango and Sonora.

References

Rodriguez Torres, J. & Vasquez Diaz, J. (1990) Nuevo registro de distribucion de Geophis dugesi aquilonaris para el Estado de Jalisco, Mexico. Boletin de la Sociedad Herpetologica Mexicana, 2 (1), 9 - 12.

Amaral, A. d. (1929) Estudos sobre ophidios neotropicos XVIII. Lista remissive dos ophidios da regiao neotropico. Memorias Do Instituto Butantan, 4, 129 - 271.

Bocourt, F. M. (1883) In: Dumeril, A. H. A., Bocourt, M. F. & Mocquard, F. 1870 - 1909. Etudes sur les Reptiles. Mission Scientifique au Mexique et dans l'Amerique Centrale. Recherches Zoologiques pour servir a l'Histoire de la Fauna de l'Amerique Centrale et du Mexique. Troisieme Partie. - 1 re Section. Texte. Imprimerie Nationale, Paris. xiv + 1012 pp.

Cope, E. D. (1885) A contribution to the herpetology of Mexico. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, 22, 379 - 404.

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.

Duellman, W. E. (1961) The amphibians and reptiles of Michoacan, Mexico. University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History, 15 (1), 1 - 148.

Legler, J. M. (1959) A new snake of the genus Geophis, from Chihuahua, Mexico. University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History, 11, 327 - 334.

Vazquez-Diaz, J. & Quintero-Diaz, J. (1999) Geographic distribution. Geophis dugesi aquilonaris (Chihuahuan Earth Snake). Herpetological Review, 30, 235.

Webb, R. G. (1977) Comments on the snakes of the genus Geophis (Colubridae) from the Mexican states of Durango and Sinaloa. Southwestern Naturalist 21, 548 - 551.