Geophis omiltemanus GÜNTHER, 1893

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Higher Taxa	Colubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Guerreran Earth Snake S: Minadora de Guerrero
Synonym	Geophis omiltemana GÜNTHER 1893: 92 Dirosema omiltemanum — BOULENGER 1894: 299 Atractus omiltemanus — COPE 1896: 1024 Catastoma omiltemanum — AMARAL 1929: 192 Geophis omiltemana — SMITH 1941: 1 Geophis omiltemanus — DOWNS 1967: 124 Geophis omiltemanus — LINER 1994 Geophis omiltemanus — WILSON & TOWNSEND 2007: 15 Geophis omiltemanus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 304
Distribution	Mexico (Guerrero, W Oaxaca) Type locality: Omilteme, Guerrero, Mexico, ca. 2438 m elevation.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Lectotype: BMNH 1946.1.6.37, an adult male, designated by Downs (1967:124). Paralectotype: BMNH 1946.1.6.35-37, The Natural History Museum, London, collected by H.H. Smith.
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: Downs 1967: 124 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 1441 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment
Etymology	Named after the type locality.
References	Amaral,A. do 1930. Estudos sobre ophidios neotropicos XVIII. Lista remissiva dos ophidios da região neotropica. Mem. Inst. Butantan 4: 126-271 [1929] - get paper here Boulenger, George A. 1894. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. British Mus. (Nat. Hist.), London, xi, 382 pp. - get paper here Campbell, Jonathan A. 1988. The distribution, variation, natural history, and relationships of Porthidium barbouri (Viperidae). Acta Zoologica Mexicana 26: 1-32 - get paper here Cope, Edward D. 1896. The Geographical distribution of Batrachia and Reptilia in North America. American Naturalist 30: 886-1026 - 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 Günther, A. C. L. G. 1885. Reptilia and Batrachia. Biologia Centrali-Américana. Taylor, & Francis, London, 326 pp. [published in parts from 1885-1902; reprint by the SSAR 1987] - get paper here Heimes, P. 2016. Snakes of Mexico. Chimaira, Frankfurt, 572 pp Mata-Silva, Vicente, Jerry D. Johnson, Larry David Wilson and Elí García-Padilla. 2015. The herpetofauna of Oaxaca, Mexico: composition, physiographic distribution, and conservation status. Mesoamerican Herpetology 2 (1): 6–62 - get paper here Palacios-Aguilar, Ricardo & OSCAR FLORES-VILLELA 2018. An updated checklist of the herpetofauna from Guerrero, Mexico. Zootaxa 4422 (1): 1-24 - get paper here Palacios-Resendiz, F. S., Palacios-Aguilar, R., & Cisneros-Bernal, A. Y. 2024. On the clutch size of Geophis omiltemanus (Squamata: Dipsadidae) in the Sierra Madre del Sur, Mexico. Phyllomedusa: Journal of Herpetology, 23(1), 93-96 Smith, H.M. 1941. A new Geophis from Mexico. Proc. New England zool. Club 18: 49-55 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 http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/bca/navigation/bca_04_00_00/bca… Google images

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