Geophis juarezi Nieto-Montes

23. Geophis juarezi Nieto��Montes de Oca Geophis juarezi Nieto��Montes de Oca 2003: 574. Geophis carinosus Downs 1967: 81. Holotype. Museo de Zoolog��a of the Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Aut��noma de M��xico (MZFC) 2236. Adult female, purchased from local collectors in April 1986. Type��locality. Near Metates (17 �� 39 ���03���N, 96 �� 21 ��� 26 ���W), 900 m elevation, municipality of Santiago Comaltepec, Sierra de Ju��rez, Oaxaca, Mexico. Distribution. Known only from the vicinity of the type locality, in the Sierra de Ju��rez, Oaxaca, Mexico. Species group. dubius (Nieto��Montes de Oca 2003). Systematic references. Downs (1967), Nieto��Montes de Oca (2003). Remarks. Nieto��Montes de Oca (2003) described G. j u a re z i in part based on material previously assigned to G. carinosus by Downs (1967).
Published as part of Wilson, Larry David & Townsend, Josiah H., 2007, A checklist and key to the snakes of the genus Geophis (Squamata: Colubridae: Dipsadinae), with commentary on distribution and conservation, pp. 1-31 in Zootaxa 1395 on page 12, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.273681
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