Geophis maculiferus Taylor

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 : 13

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28. Geophis maculiferus Taylor

Geophis maculiferus Taylor 1941: 119 .

Holotype. University of Illinois Museum of Natural History ( UIMNH) 25078, a juvenile male collected 14 August 1940 by E.H. Taylor.

Typelocality. On a road near Cício (= Tzitzio fide Duellman, 1961: 97), ca 1630 m elevation, 17 km south of the MexicoGuadalajara highway, Michoacán, México.

Distribution. Known only from the type locality in the Cordillera Volcanica, Michoacán, México.

Species group. omiltemanus ( Downs 1967) .

Systematic references. Taylor (1941), Downs (1967).

References

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.

Taylor, E. H. (1941) Herpetological miscellany, No. II. University of Kansas Science Bulletin, 27, 105 - 139.