Geophis cancellatus SMITH, 1941

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Higher Taxa	Colubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Chiapas Earth Snake S: Minadora de Chiapas
Synonym	Geophis cancellatus SMITH 1941 Geophis cancellatus — DOWNS 1967: 129 Geophis cancellatus — VILLA et al. 1988 Geophis cancellatus — LINER 1994 Geophis cancellatus — WILSON & TOWNSEND 2007: 7 Geophis cancellatus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 300
Distribution	Mexico (Chiapas), Guatemala ? Type locality: Chicharras, Chiapas, Mexico, ca. 1035 m elevation.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: USNM 46440, female, National Museum of Natural History, collected February 1896 by Nelson and Goldman.
Diagnosis	Diagnosis (n=2): Distinguished from other members of the genus by the combination of (1) dorsal scales in 15 rows, smooth except above the vent; (2) no anterior temporal; (3) six supralabials; (4) internasals fused with prefrontals; (5) 28-32 dark crossbands separated by narrow light interspaces; and (6) ventrals immaculate whitish. (Downs 1967) Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 3767 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	Distribution: not in Oaxaca (MATA-SILVA et al. 2015).
Etymology	Named after Latin cancellatus, reticulated, having a lattice/grid pattern. [“...cross bars on body terminating laterally at the first scale row...”].
References	Downs, F. L. 1967. lntrageneric relations among colubrid snakes of the genus Geophis Wagler. Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan 131: 1-193. - get paper here Hartweg, Norman 1959. A new colubrid snake of the genus Geophis from Michoacán. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan (601): 1-5 - get paper here Heimes, P. 2016. Snakes of Mexico. Chimaira, Frankfurt, 572 pp Johnson, Jerry D.; Vicente Mata-Silva, Elí García Padilla, and Larry David Wilson 2015. The Herpetofauna of Chiapas, Mexico: composition, distribution, and conservation. Mesoamerican Herpetology 2 (3): 272–329. - get paper here Landy, M. J., LANGEBARTEL, D. A., MOLL, E. O. & SMITH, H. M. 1966. A collection of snakes from volcan Tacaná, Chiapas, México. J. Ohio Herp. Soc. 5: 93-101 - get paper here Smith, Hobart M. 1941. Notes on Mexican snakes of the genus Geophis. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 99 (19): 1-6 - get paper here Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue] Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp. WILSON, L.D. & J.H. TOWNSEND 2007. A checklist and key to the snakes of the genus Geophis (Squamata: Colubridae: Dipsadinae), with commentary on distribution and conservation. Zootaxa 1395: 1-31 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information https://www.facebook.com/groups/stshc/posts/294547289436543/ Google images

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