Geophis anocularis Dunn

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 : 4-5

1. Geophis anocularis Dunn

Geophis anocularis Dunn 1920: 127 . Catostoma anoculare: Amaral 1929: 190 . Geophis dubius: Downs 1967: 84 .

Holotype. National Museum of Natural History ( USNM) 46556, adult male collected 26 July 1894 by E. W. Nelson and E. A. Goldman.

Type­locality. Totontepec, Oaxaca, Mexico.

Distribution. Known only from 1850­1900 m elevation in the vicinity of the type locality in the Sierra Mije, Oaxaca, Mexico.

Species group. dubius ( Downs 1967; Campbell et al. 1983).

Systematic references. Dunn (1920), Downs (1967), Campbell et al. (1983).

Remarks. Synonymized with G. dubius by Downs (1967: 84). Resurrected by Campbell et al. (1983), based on the collection of 21 additional specimens from Totontepec, Oaxaca, Mexico.