| Higher Taxa | Colubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Savage's Earth Snake |
| Synonym | Geophis downsi SAVAGE 1981
Geophis downsi — VILLA et al. 1988
Geophis downsi — WILSON & TOWNSEND 2007: 8
Geophis downsi — WALLACH et al. 2014: 301 |
| Distribution | Costa Rica (extreme eastern Puntarenas), 1100-1200 m elevation
Type locality: Las Cruces Field Station and Botanical Garden, 4 km south of San Vito de Jaba, Canton Corredores, Puntarenas, Costa Rica, 1200 m elevation.
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| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: LACM 130254, adult male, Museum of Natural History of Los Angeles County, collected 14-16 July 1972 by N. J. Scott. |
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| Comment | |
| Etymology | Named after Dr. Floyd Leslie Downs (b. 1938), American zoologist. |
| References |
- Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
- Restrepo T J H; Wright J W 1987. A new species of the colubrid snake genus Geophis from Colombia. Journal of Herpetology 21 (3): 191-196 - get paper here
- Sasa, M., Arias, E., & Chaves, G. 2025. Annotated list of amphibians and reptiles of Costa Rica: The role of the Museum of Zoology in cataloging the country’s herpetological diversity. Revista de Biología Tropical, 73(S2): e64536-e64536 - get paper here
- Savage J M 1981. A new species of the secretive colubrid snake genus Geophis from Costa Rica. Copeia 1981 (3): 549-553 - get paper here
- Savage, J.M. 2002. The Amphibians and Reptiles of Costa Rica: A Herpetofauna Between Two Continents, Between Two Seas. University of Chicago Press, 934 pp. [review in Copeia 2003 (1): 205]
- Savage, Jay M.; Watling, James I. 2008. Not so rare snakes: a revision of the Geophis sieboldi group (Colubridae: Dipsadinae) in lower Central America and Colombia. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 153(3):561-599 - get paper here
- Solorzano, A. 2004. Serpientes de Costa Rica - Snakes of Costa Rica. Editorial INBio, Costa Rica, 792 pp.
- 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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