Geophis tarascae HARTWEG, 1959

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Higher Taxa	Colubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Tarascan Earth Snake S: Minadora de Tarasca
Synonym	Geophis tarascae HARTWEG 1959: 1 Geophis tarascae — MEDICA et al. 1975 Geophis tarascae — LINER 1994 Geophis tarascae — WILSON & TOWNSEND 2007: 19 Geophis tarascae — WALLACH et al. 2014: 305
Distribution	Mexico (Michoacán, Jalisco), 1400-1700 m elevation Type locality: The “Parque Nacional” outside of Uruapan, Michoacán, Mexico, ca. 1676 m elevation.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: UMMZ 99151
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: Downs 1967: 65 Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data. However, these details, e.g. detailed descriptions (about between half a page and a page) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us if you need any of this material.
Comment
Etymology	Named in allusion to the Indian inhabitants ol the area.
References	Dixon, James R. 1968. Notes on the snake genus Geophis, from Nevado de Colima, Jalisco, Mexico. Southwestern Naturalist 13 (4): 452-454 - 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 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 Medica, P.A.; Arndt, R.G. & Dixon, J.r. 1975. Additional records of reptiles from Jalisco, Mexico. Great Basin Naturalist 35 (1): 317-318 - 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/294068586151080/ Google images

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