| Higher Taxa | Colubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Common Names | E: Sierra Juarez Earth Snake
S: Minadora de Sierra de Juárez |
| Synonym | Geophis duellmani SMITH & HOLLAND 1969
Geophis duellmani — LINER 1994
Geophis duellmani — WILSON & TOWNSEND 2007: 9
Geophis duellmani — WALLACH et al. 2014: 301
Geophis duellmani — HEIMES 2016: 237 |
| Distribution | Mexico (Oaxaca)
Type locality: Two miles south of Vista Hermosa, 1750 m elevation, Oaxaca, Mexico.
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| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: KU 87447, an adult female, University of Kansas Natural History Museum & Biodiversity Research Center, collected 19 June 1964 by R. L. Holland. |
| Diagnosis | Additional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1235 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Distribution: see map in CANSECO-MÁRQUEZ et al. 2016: 133 (Fig. 1). |
| Etymology | Named after William E. Duellman (1930-2022), American herpetologist. For biographical notes see Burrowes et al. 2022 and Coloma & Guayasamin 2022. |
| References |
- Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - 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.
- 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
- Smith, H. M., & HOLLAND, R. L. 1969. Two new snakes of the genus Geophis from México. Trans. Kansas Acad. Sci. 72: 47-53. - 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
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