Geophis annuliferus

Geophis annuliferus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Dipsadidae
Subfamilia: Dipsadinae
Genus: Geophis
Species: Geophis annuliferus

Name

Geophis annuliferus (Boulenger, 1894)

• Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.6.4, ♂.
• Type locality: stated as “Unknown”, designated as “W Mexico” by Scott (1967: 283).

Combinations

• Tropidodipsas annulifera Boulenger, 1894: 297 [original combination]
• Sibon annulifera — Kofron, 1985 [subsequent combination]
• Geophis annuliferus — Grünwald, Toribio-Jiménez, Montaño-Ruvalcaba, Franz-Chávez, Peñaloza-Montaño, Barrera-Nava, Jones, Rodriguez, Hughes, Strickland & Reyes-Velasco, 2021: 248 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Boulenger, G.A. 1894. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II. Containing the conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. British Museum (Natural History): London. xi + 382 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Grünwald, C.I., Toribio-Jiménez, S., Montaño-Ruvalcaba, C., Franz-Chávez, H., Peñaloza-Montaño, M.A., Barrera-Nava, E.Y., Jones, J.M., Rodriguez, C.M., Hughes, I.M., Strickland, J.L. & Reyes-Velasco, J. 2021. Two new species of snail-eating snakes of the genus Tropidodipsas (Serpentes, Dipsadidae) from southern Mexico, with notes on related species. Herpetozoa 34: 233–257. DOI: 10.3897/herpetozoa.34.e69176 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Geophis annuliferus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 3 January 2023.
• Ponce-Campos, P. & García Aguayo, A. 2007. IUCN: Geophis annuliferus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T63999A12728869. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63999A12728869.en. Accessed on 03 January 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Western Snail-Eating Snake

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