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Geophis lorancai CANSECO-MÁRQUEZ, PAVÓN-VÁZQUEZ, LÓPEZ-LUNA & NIETO-MONTES DE OCA, 2016

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Higher TaxaColubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymGeophis lorancai CANSECO-MÁRQUEZ, PAVÓN-VÁZQUEZ, LÓPEZ-LUNA & NIETO-MONTES DE OCA 2016 
DistributionMexico (Veracruz, Puebla)

Type locality: Instituto Tecnológico Superior de Zongolica, vicinity of Atlanca, municipality of Los Reyes, Sierra de Zongolica, Veracruz, Mexico (18°41'48"N, 97°03'21"W), 1700 m elevation  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype MZFC 28401, adult male (Fig. 2), collected by Miguel Angel de la Torre Loranca on April 6, 2008. Paratypes. Seven specimens, six from the Sierra de Zongolica of west-central Veracruz and one from the Sierra de Quimixtlán of adjacent Puebla, Mexico. Veracruz: Three from the same locality as the holotype (MZFC 28402–03, ITSZ 217); one from Zongolica, 18°39'02"N, 97°00'29"W, 1210 m (ITSZ 071); one from 7 km E Zongolica (MZFC 28405); one from Los Reyes, 18°41'48"N, 97°03'21"W, 1700 m (ITSZ 025). Puebla: Chichiquila, 19°11'35"N, 97°03'57"W, 1700 m (MZFC 28404). 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: A member of the Geophis dubius group characterized by the following combination of traits: eye relatively small (see below); single supraocular and pos- tocular present on each side; fifth supralabial and parietal in contact; mental scale and anterior chinshields in contact; smooth dorsal scales throughout the body arranged in 17 rows; ventrals 130, n = 1, in females, and 125–130, n = 7, in males; subcaudals in males 33–35, n = 5; dorsal body and tail pattern consisting of dark crossbands on a paler, red-orange background; reddish orange venter; maxillary teeth 7.


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CommentDistribution: see map in CANSECO-MÁRQUEZ et al. 2016. 
EtymologyThe specific name is treated as a noun in the genitive case and honors Biologist Miguel Ángel de la Torre Loranca, who obtained most of the specimens of the new species from the Sierra de Zongolica. 
References
  • Canseco-Márquez L, Pavón-Vázquez CJ, López-Luna MA, Nieto-Montes de Oca A 2016. A new species of earth snake (Dipsadidae, Geophis) from Mexico. ZooKeys 610: 131-145. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.610.8605 - get paper here
  • Domínguez-Mendoza, Javier; Jorge Luis Castillo-Juárez, Víctor Vásquez-Cruz & Luis Canseco- Márquez 2021. GEOPHIS LORANCAI (SQUAMATA: DIPSADIDAE) EN EL CENTRO DE VERACRUZ Revista Latinoamericana de Herpetología 4 (2): 205-208 - get paper here
  • PEÑA-MARTÍNEZ, JUAN DANIEL; ELIA YESENIA ARRAZOLA-GARCÍA, ELÍ GARCÍA-PADILLA, IVÁN VILLALOBOS-JUÁREZ, VICENTE MATA-SILVA, LYDIA ALLISON FUCSKO, LARRY DAVID WILSON & MARIO C. LAVARIEGA. 2022. FIRST RECORD OF THE ZONGOLICA EARTH SNAKE Geophis lorancai (SQUAMATA: DIPSADIDAE) IN THE STATE OF OAXACA, MEXICO. Revista Latinoamericana de Herpetología 5(4): 11–14. - get paper here
  • TORRE-LORANCA, M. DE LA; A., R. G. MARTINEZ-FUENTES, L. CANSECO-MARQUEZ, AND U. O. GARCIA-VAZQUEZ 2020. New Records of Amphibians and Reptiles from Sierra de Zongolica, Veracruz and Puebla, Mexico. Herpetological Review 51: 550-553.
  • Torres-Hernández, LA, Ramírez-Bautista A, Cruz-Elizalde R, Hernández-Salinas U, Berriozabal-Islas C, DeSantis DL, Johnson JD, Rocha A, García-Padilla E, Mata-Silva V, Fucsko LA, and Wilson LD. 2021. The herpetofauna of Veracruz, Mexico: composition, distribution, and conservation status. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 15(2) [General Section]: 72–155 - get paper here
  • Woolrich-Piña, G. A., E. García-Padilla, D. L. DeSantis, J. D. Johnson, V. Mata-Silva, and L. D. Wilson 2017. The herpetofauna of Puebla, Mexico: composition, distribution, and conservation status. Mesoamerican Herpetology 4(4): 791–884 - get paper here
 
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