Geophis nigrocinctus Duellman

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 : 15

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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.

References

Flores-Villela, O., Loeza-Corichi, A. & Perez-Nunez, A. (1995) Geographic Distribution. Geophis nigrocinctus. Herpetological Review, 26, 109.

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. (1959) Two new snakes, genus Geophis, from Michoacan. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, 605, 1 - 9.