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Higher TaxaColubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
SubspeciesGeophis sanniolus neilli (HENDERSON, HOEVERS & WILSON 1977)
Geophis sanniolus sanniolus (COPE 1866) 
Common NamesE: Pigmy Snail Sucker
S: Caracolera Pigmea 
SynonymMesopeltis sanniolus COPE 1866: 318
Leptognathus sanniola — BOCOURT 1908
Sibynomorphus sanniola — SCHMIDT & ANDREWS 1936
Sibynomorphus sanniolus — GAIGE 1936
Sibon neilli HENDERSON, HOEVERS & WILSON 1977
Sibon sanniola — LEE 2000: 329
Sibon sanniolus — LINER 1994
Sibon sanniola — CAMPBELL 1998
Sibon sanniolus — MCCRANIE 2006
Sibon sanniolus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 669
Sibon sanniola — HEIMES 2016: 309
Geophis sanniolus — GRÜNWALD et al. 2021

Sibon sanniolus neilli HENDERSON, HOEVERS & WILSON 1977
Sibon neilli HENDERSON, HOEVERS & WILSON 1977
Sibon sanniola neilli — LEE 2000: 330
Sibon sanniola neilli — STAFFORD 2000: 239 
DistributionMexico (Yucatan, Campeche, Quintana Roo), Belize, Guatemala

Type locality: Yucatan

neilli: Belize; Type locality: vicinity of Belize City, Belize District, Belize,  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: USNM 6564, male, from Yucatan.
Holotype: MPM 8929 (Milwaukee Public Museum), a male, collected July 1974 by Ernest Smith. [neilli] 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: S. neilli differs from all other Sibon, except S. sanniola, in not having the loreal enter the orbit and in the high number of supralabials. It differs from male S.sanniola in having a slightly higher number of ventrals and subcaudals and is strikingly different in color pattern. S. neilli has 34 dark brown body bands whereas S. sanniola has a middorsal row of spots. In addition, S. neilli has the 7th supralabial in contact with the lower postocular and primary temporal, but not in contact with the secondary temporal. This condition occurs occasionally in S. sanniola, but in no other species of Sibon. 
CommentSynonymy after VILLA et al. 1988 (but see KOFRON 1990). 
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