Geophis blanchardi Taylor & Smith

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 : 6

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.273681

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5620357

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Geophis blanchardi Taylor & Smith
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5. Geophis blanchardi Taylor & Smith

Geophis blanchardi Taylor & Smith 1939: 245 .

Holotype. Field Museum of Natural History ( FMNH) 100037, an adult female collected 14 August 1936 by E. H. Taylor.

Type­locality. Around two miles south of Acultzingo, Veracruz, Mexico.

Distribution. Known from the vicinity of the type locality in the Veracruz, Mexico around 2300 m elevation, and adjacent parts of Puebla. Also recorded from the Sierra Mazateca in Oaxaca, from 2240–2510 m elevation.

Species group. latifrontalis ( Downs 1967) .

Systematic references. Taylor & Smith (1939), Downs (1967).

Remarks. The presence of G. blanchardi in the area of Puebla adjacent to the type locality was recently confirmed ( Canseco­Márquez and Austin 2005), and this species was also recently reported from a cloud forest locality in northern Oaxaca around 70 km south of the type locality ( Canseco­Márquez et al. 2004).

FMNH

Field Museum of Natural History

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Squamata

Family

Colubridae

SubFamily

Dipsadinae

Genus

Geophis

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Squamata

Family

Colubridae

SubFamily

Dipsadinae

Genus

Geophis

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Squamata

Family

Colubridae

SubFamily

Dipsadinae

Genus

Geophis

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Squamata

Family

Colubridae

SubFamily

Dipsadinae

Genus

Geophis

Loc

Geophis blanchardi Taylor & Smith

Wilson, Larry David & Townsend, Josiah H. 2007
2007
Loc

Geophis blanchardi

Taylor 1939: 245
1939
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