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Geophis semidoliatus (DUMÉRIL, BIBRON & DUMÉRIL, 1854)

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Higher TaxaColubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Coral Earth Snake
S: Minadora Coralilla 
SynonymRhabdosoma semidoliatum DUMÉRIL, BIBRON & DUMÉRIL 1854: 93
Catastoma semidoliatum — COPE 1861: 339
Elapoides semidoliatus — JAN 1862: 21
G(eophis) semidoliatus — PETERS 1859: 276
Geophis (Parageophis) semidoliatus — BOCOURT 1883: 534
Geophis semidoliatus — GARMAN 1884: 102
Catastoma semidoliatum — COPE 1885: 170
Geophis semidoliata — GÜNTHER 1893: 90
Atractus semidoliatus — COPE 1900: 1230
Geophis semidoliatus — LINER 1994
Geophis semidoliatus — WILSON & TOWNSEND 2007: 18
Geophis semidoliatus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 305 
DistributionMexico (Veracruz, Puebla, Oaxaca), 500-1400 m elevation.

Type locality: Mexico.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesLectotype: MNHN-RA 4522, adult female, designated by Downs 1967: 133; other Syntypes: (10 total) MNHN-RA 3313 (three specimens respectively MNHN-RA 3313, MNHN-RA 3313A and MNHN-RA 3313B), MNHN-RA 5938 and MNHN-RA 5938A-E, fifth syntype apparently lost. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Downs 1967: 133


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CommentMimicry: Geophis semidoliatus mimicks Micrurus diastema (TORRE-LORANCA et al. 2006). 
EtymologyNamed after Latin semi-, half, partly + Greek dolion (δόλιον), barrel; Latin dolion, large earthenware vessel. [“...en dessus et latéralement, elle sert de fond à de grandes taches quadrilatères d’un beau noir, ou d’un brun foncé, imprimées en travers du tronc et de la queue de façon à simuler des demi-anneaux...”]. 
References
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  • 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
  • Canseco-Marquez,L.; Gutierrez-Mayen,G. & Salazar-Arenas,J. 2000. New records and range extensions for amphibians and reptiles from Puebla, México. Herpetological Review 31 (4): 259-263 - get paper here
  • Cope, E.D. 1861. Notes and descriptions of new and little-known species of American reptiles. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 12: 339-345 [1860] - get paper here
  • Cope, E.D. 1885. Twelfth contribution to the herpetology of tropical America. Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 22: 167-194 [1884] - 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
  • Duméril, A.M.C., G. BIBRON & A.H.A. DUMÉRIL 1854. Erpétologie générale ou Histoire Naturelle complète des Reptiles. Vol. 7 (partie 1). Paris, xvi + 780 S. - get paper here
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  • 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
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  • Jan, G. 1862. Promodo dell Iconographie Générale degli Ofidi. Parte I. Calamaridae. Genoa, 76 pp.
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  • Peters,W. 1859. Über die von Hrn. Dr. Hoffmann in Costa Rica gesammelten und an das Königl. Zoologische Museum gesandten Schlangen. Monatsber. Königl. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1859: 275-278 - get paper here
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  • Vásquez-Cruz, Víctor; Luis Canseco-Márquez 2020. AMPHIBIAN AND REPTILES OF THE COLONIA AGRÍCOLA RINCÓN DE LAS FLORES, TEZONAPA, VERACRUZ, MEXICO. Rev. Latinoamer. Herp. 3 (1): 66-80 - get paper here
  • Vázquez-Vega, Luis F., Luis Canseco-Márquez, Misael M. Acosta-Sánchez and Oscar A. Flores-Villela. 2016. Geophis semidoliatus (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854). Mesoamerican Herpetology 3 (2): 514-515 - 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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