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Geophis rostralis (JAN, 1865)

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Higher TaxaColubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Sierra Madre Earth Snake
S: Minadora de la Sierra Madre 
SynonymElapoides rostralis JAN in JAN & SORDELLI 1865: 12 (2)
Geophis rostralis — BOCOURT 1883: 533 in DUMÉRIL, BOCOURT & MOCQUART
Rhabdosoma rostrale — COPE 1885: 385
Rhabdosoma rostrale — COPE 1887: 85
Catostoma rostrale — AMARAL 1929: 192
Geophis rostralis — GÜNTHER 1893: 89
Geophis rostralis — BOULENGER 1894: 323
Geophis rostralis — SMITH & TAYLOR 1945
Geophis rostralis — LINER 1994
Geophis rostralis — WILSON & TOWNSEND 2007: 17
Geophis rostralis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 305 
DistributionMexico (Oaxaca: Sierra Madre del Sur)

Type locality: “Mexique”  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesSyntype: ZMB 6407 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (514 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentGeophis rostralis is not listed in the Zoological Record of 1864. There seems to be no reference to it in SMITH & SMITH 1976.

Synonymy: The status of the species is still uncertain. The species was originally described based on a color plate with no indication of a type specimen or locality. Various authors have recognized G. rostralis as a distinct species (Campbell et al. 1983), while others (Downs 1967) maintain that this species is conspecific with G. dubius.

Distribution: see map in CANSECO-MÁRQUEZ et al. 2016: 133 (Fig. 1). 
EtymologyNamed after Latin rostralis, pertaining to a rostrum, beak or snout. [?]. 
References
  • Amaral,A. do 1930. Estudos sobre ophidios neotropicos XVIII. Lista remissiva dos ophidios da região neotropica. Mem. Inst. Butantan 4: 126-271 [1929] - get paper here
  • Bocourt, M. F. 1883. In A. Duméril, M. F. Bocourt, and F. Mocquard, (1870-1909), Etudes sur les reptiles, p. i-xiv, 1-1012. In Recherches Zoologiques pour servir a l'Histoire de Ia Faune de l'Amérique Centrale et du Mexique. Mission Scientifique au Mexique et dans l'Amér Imprimerie Impériale, Paris - get paper here
  • Bogert, Charles Mitchill 1966. The differential characteristics of the Mexican snakes related to Geophis dubius (Peters). American Museum novitates (2277) - get paper here
  • Campbell, J. A.;Ford, L. S.;Karges, J. P. 1983. Resurrection of Geophis anocularis Dunn with comments on its relationships and natural history. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 86 (1): 38-47 - get paper here
  • Canseco-Márquez L, Pavón-Vázquez CJ, López-Luna MA, Nieto-Montes de Oca A 2016. A new species of earth snake (Dipsadidae, Geophis) from Mexico. ZooKeys 610: 131-145. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.610.8605 - get paper here
  • Cope, E.D. 1885. A contribution to the herpetology of Mexico. Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 22: 379-404 - get paper here
  • 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
  • Fischer, J. G. 1886. Herpetologische Notizen. Abh. Geb. Naturw. Hamb. 9: 51-67 (1-19) - get paper here
  • Heimes, P. 2016. Snakes of Mexico. Chimaira, Frankfurt, 572 pp
  • Jan, G. & Sordelli, F. 1873. Iconographie Générale des Ophidiens. Atlas 1860-1881. Milan: Jan & Sordelli, 50 livr. - get paper here
  • Perez-Higareda G; Smith H M 1988. Notes on two species of Geophis (Serpentes) of southern Mexico. Southwestern Naturalist 33 (3): 388-390 - get paper here
  • Peters, Wilhem Carl Hartwig 1861. Über neue Schlangen des Königl. zoologischen Museums: Typhlops striolatus, Geophidium dubium, Streptophorus (Ninia) maculatus, Elaps hippocrepis. Monatsber. königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin. 1861 (October): 922-925 - get paper here
  • Smith, Hobart M.;P_rez-Higaredo, Gonzalo 1991. Clara evidencia de la coespecificidad de Geophis dubius y Geophis rostralis (Reptilia: Serpentes). Bol. Soc. Herpetol. Mex. 3 (2): 39-40 - get paper here
  • Smith,H.M. & Smith,R.B. 1976. Synopsis of the Herpetofauna of Mexico. Vol. III. Source analysis and index for Mexican reptiles. John Johnson, North Bennington, Vermont.
  • Townsend, J.H.; Wilson, L.D. 2006. A new species of snake of the Geophis dubius group (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubridae) from the sierra de Omoa of northwestern Honduras. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 119 (1): 150–159. - 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
 
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