Geophis anocularis DUNN, 1920

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Higher Taxa	Colubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Sierra Mije Earth Snake S: Minadora de Sierra Mije
Synonym	Geophis anocularis DUNN 1920: 127 Catostoma anoculare — AMARAL 1929: 190 Geophis dubius — DOWNS 1967: 84 Geophis anocularis — LINER 1994 Geophis anocularis — WILSON & TOWNSEND 2007: 4 Geophis anocularis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 300 Geophis anocularis — HEIMES 2016: 233
Distribution	Mexico (Oaxaca: Sierra Mije), elevation 1850-1900 m. Type locality: Totontepec, Oaxaca, Mexico.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: USNM 46556
Diagnosis	Additional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (791 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	Synonymy: This species has been considered a synonym of Geophis dubius. Distribution: see map in CANSECO-MÁRQUEZ et al. 2016: 133 (Fig. 1).
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 Campbell, J. A.;Ford, L. S.;Karges, J. P. 1983. Resurrection of Geophis anocularis Dunn with comments on its relationships and natural history. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 86 (1): 38-47 - get paper here 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 Casas-Andreu, G., F.R. Méndez-De la Cruz and X. Aguilar-Miguel. 2004. Anfibios y Reptiles; pp. 375–390, in A.J.M. García-Mendoza, J. Ordoñez and M. Briones-Salas (ed.). Biodiversidad de Oaxaca. Instituto de Biología, UNAM-Fondo Oaxaqueño para la Conservación de la Naturaleza-World Wildlife Fund, México, D. F. 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 Dunn, E. R. 1920. A new Geophis from Mexico. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 33: 127 - 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 Townsend, J.H.; Wilson, L.D. 2006. A new species of snake of the Geophis dubius group (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubridae) from the sierra de Omoa of northwestern Honduras. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 119 (1): 150–159. - get paper here 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 https://www.facebook.com/groups/stshc/posts/281416640749608/ Google images

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