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Geophis berillus BARRAGÁN-RESÉNDIZ, PAVÓN-VÁZQUEZ, CERVANTES-BURGOS, TRUJANO-ORTEGA, CANSECO-MÁRQUEZ & GARCÍA-VÁZQUEZ, 2022

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Higher TaxaColubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymGeophis berillus BARRAGÁN-RESÉNDIZ, PAVÓN-VÁZQUEZ, CERVANTES-BURGOS, TRUJANO-ORTEGA, CANSECO-MÁRQUEZ & GARCÍA-VÁZQUEZ 2022: 270 
DistributionMexico (México)

Type locality: Rancho el Pinalito, municipality of Valle de Bravo, Estado de México, Mexico (19.09238N, 100.080288W; datum WGS84 in all cases), 2,328-m elevation  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype: MZFC-HE 35651 (Field Number UOGV 2723, Fig. 2–3A in Barragan-Resendiz et al. 2022), an adult male, collected by M. Trujano-Ortega and U.O. Garc ́ıa-Va ́ zquez on 19 June 2015.
Paratypes. A juvenile female and an adult female (MZFZ 4404–4405) from the road to San Lucas del Pulque, municipality of Temascaltepec, Estado de Me ́xico, Mexico (19.09818N, 100.04558W), 2,272-m elevation, collected by R.I. Cervantes-Burgos, D. Garc ́ıa-Morales, D. Rivera, and A.E. Valdenegro-Brito in July–August 2016. 
Diagnosis 
CommentDistribution: see map in BARRAGAN-RESÉNDIZ et al. 2022: 273 (Fig. 5) 
EtymologyThe specific name is treated as a noun in apposition and comes from the Latin ‘‘berillus,’’ meaning beryl. This mineral is colorless in its pure form but can attain a wide variety of colors in the presence of impurities. The name references the iridescent shine that is present throughout the otherwise dark body of all known specimens of the new species. 
References
  • Barragán-Reséndiz, Lesly Montserrat, Pavón-Vázquez, Carlos J., Cervantes-Burgos, Romina Itzel, Trujano-Ortega, Marysol, Canseco-Márquez, Luis, et al. 2022. A New Species of Snake of the Geophis sieboldi Group (Squamata: Dipsadidae) from Estado de México, Mexico. Herpetologica 78 (4): 268-276 - get paper here
  • Kwet, A. 2023. Liste der im Jahr 2022 neu beschriebenen Reptilien. Elaphe 2023 (3): 48-73
 
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