Geophis nigrocinctus Duellman

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33. Geophis nigrocinctus Duellman

Geophis nigrocinctus Duellman 1959: 1 .

Holotype. University of Michigan Museum of Zoology ( UMMZ) 118841, male collected 18 June 1958 by J. Wellman.

Type­locality. Dos Aguas, Michoacán, México, 2100 m elevation.

Distribution. Known from the type locality, Sierra de Coalcoman, Michoacán, Mexico, and from the Sierra de Manantlán, Jalisco, Mexico, from 1900 m elevation.

Species group. chalybeus ( Downs 1967) .

Systematic references. Duellman (1959), Downs (1967).

Remarks. Flores­Villela et al. (1995) recorded G. nigrocinctus from a pine forest in Jalisco, Mexico.