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Geophis annuliferus (BOULENGER, 1894)

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Higher TaxaColubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Western Snail-Eating Snake
S: Caracolera Occidental 
SynonymTropidodipsas annulifera BOULENGER 1894: 297
Geophis tecpanecus DUGES 1896
Atractus tecpanicus [sic] — BOULENGER 1897 (in Zoological Record)
Geatractus tecpanecus — DUGES 1898: 52
Tantilla nelsoni SLEVIN 1926
Tropidodipsas malacodryas SHANNON & HUMPHREY 1959
Tropidodipsas annulifera — SCOTT 1967
Sibon annuliferus — KOFRON 1985
Tantilla nelsoni SLEVIN 1926: 200
Exelencophis nelsoni — SMITH 1942: 33
Tropidodipsas occidentalis — CAMPBELL & SIMMONS 1962: 197
Sibon annuliferus — LINER 1994
Tropidodipsas annulifera — LINER 2007
Tropidodipsas annulifera — FLORES-VILELA et al. 2010
Sibon annulifera — PYRON & BURBRINK 2013
Tropidodipsas annulifera — WALLACH et al. 2014: 746
Tropidodipsas annuliferus — FELDMAN et al. 2015
Tropidodipsas annulifera — WILLIAMS & ARCE 2021
Geophis annuliferus — GRÜNWALD et al. 2021 
DistributionMexico (Sinaloa, Nayarit, Jalisco, Colima, Michoacan, Guerrero)

Type locality: unknown, fide Boulenger 1894  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: BMNH 1946.1.6.4
Holotype: CAS 58680 [nelsoni]
Holotype: IUMNH 75787 (FAS 12487) Mexico: 4-8 mi E San Blas, Nayarit; F. A. Shannon and F. L. Humphrey; July 18, 1957. [malacodryas]
Holotype: MDUG HE 1139 (a skull, seven dorsal vertebra and three ribs [tecpanecus] 
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CommentSynonymy after KOFRON 1985. AMARAL (1929) considered Tropidodipsas annulifera as a synonym of Tropidodipsas (= Sibon) anthracops which he renamed Sibynomorphus anthracops. 
EtymologyNamed after the diminutive form (“annul-”) of Latin “anus” = ring and the verb “fero, ferre” = carry. 
References
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  • Campbell, H. W. & Simmons, R.S. 1962. Notes on some reptiles and amphibians from western Mexico. Bull. S. Calif. Acad. Sci. 61 (4): 193-203
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  • FLORES-VILLELA, OSCAR; CÉSAR A. RÍOS-MUÑOZ, GLORIA E. MAGAÑA-COTA & NÉSTOR L. QUEZADAS-TAPIA 2016. Alfredo Dugès’ type specimens of amphibians and reptiles revisited. Zootaxa 4092 (1): 033–054 - get paper here
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