Geophis cansecoi GRÜNWALD, AHUMADA-CARRILLO, GRÜNWALD, MONTAÑO-RUVALCABA & GARCÍA-VÁZQUEZ, 2021
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Geophis cansecoi
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| Higher Taxa | Colubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Synonym | Geophis cansecoi GRÜNWALD, AHUMADA-CARRILLO, GRÜNWALD, MONTAÑO-RUVALCABA & GARCÍA-VÁZQUEZ 2021 |
| Distribution | Mexico (Veracruz : northern slopes of the Sierra de Misantla,between the cities of Misantla and Xalapa). Type locality: 0.9 km south of Los Capulines, on Misantla-Chiconquiaco Hwy., Municipio de Yecuatla, (19.811724°, -96.824587°, datum WGS84, 1,590 m asl), Veracruz, Mexico. |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: MZFZ 4432, adult male, collected by Christoph I. Grünwald, André J. Grünwald, and Iván T. Ahumada-Carrillo on June 5, 2017 Paratypes: (n=14) MZFZ 4433 (CIG 01162). Adult, DOR, collected at 1.1 km south of Los Capulines, on Misantla-Chiconquiaco Hwy., Municipio de Yecuatla, (19.810740°, -96.824874°, datum WGS84, 1,626 m asl), Veracruz, Mexico, on 6 June 2017 by Christoph I. Grünwald, Iván T. Ahumada-Carrillo, and André J. Grünwald. MZFZ 4434–35 (CIG 01378–79), MZFZ 4436–38 (CIG 01393–95), INIRENA 2811–14 (CIG 01396–99), MZFZ 4448–49 (CIG 01490–91). Adults and juveniles, collected at Los Capulines, on Misantla-Chiconquiaco Hwy., Municipio de Yecuatla, (19.813360°, -96.827240°, datum WGS84, 1,570 m asl), Veracruz, Mexico, on 8 June 2019 by Christoph I. Grünwald, André J. Grünwald, and Carlos E. MontañoRuvalcaba. INIRENA 2815–16 (CIG 01386–87). Adults, collected at 3.7 km S of Los Capulines, on MisantlaChiconquiaco Hwy., Municipio de Chinconquiaco, (19.793370°, -96.822970°, datum WGS84, 1,763 m asl), Veracruz, Mexico, on 8 June 2019 by Christoph I. Grünwald, André J. Grünwald, and Carlos E. Montaño-Ruvalcaba |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: “A member of the Geophis dubius group, as defned by Downs (1967) and expanded by Wilson and Townsend (2007), and characterized by the following combination of traits: eye relatively small; single supraocular and postocular present on each side (with one exception, see below); no anterior temporal scale, penultimate supralabial and parietal in contact; second infralabials small, broadly separated from each other; mental scale and anterior chinshields in contact; smooth dorsal scales throughout the body arranged in 17 rows; ventrals 134–142 in females (n = 7), and 125–131 in males (n = 7); subcaudals 28–35 in females (n = 7), and 34–37 in males (n = 7), with ventral + subcaudal totals 163–173 in females (n = 7) and 159–165 in males (n = 7); tail length 11.6–16.3% of TotL in females, 16.7–19.0% of TotL in males; dorsal pattern slate gray, with crimson red lateral stripe on each side, usually on frst three or four scale rows but occasionally occupying part of the ffth; venter pale cream, except on the ventral surfaces of the head and throat, which are gray; maxillary teeth 6–8.” Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 4616 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
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| Etymology | The specifc epithet honors to Luis Canseco-Márquez, a Mexican herpetologist who has dedicated a portion of his career to the study of snakes of the genus Geophis. |
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