Geophis sanniolus

Geophis sanniolus

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 sanniolus
Subspcies (2): G. s. neilli – G. s. sanniolus

Name

Geophis sanniolus (Cope, 1866)

• Holotype: USNM 6564, ♂, collected by Dr. Schott.
• Type locality: “Yucatan”.

Combinations

• Mesopeltis sanniolus Cope, 1866: 318 [original combination]
• Leptognathus sanniolus — Mocquard, 1908: 894 [subsequent combination]
• Sibon sanniolus — Smith, 1943: 470 [subsequent combination]
• Geophis sanniolus — Grünwald, Toribio-Jiménez, Montaño-Ruvalcaba, Franz-Chávez, Peñaloza-Montaño, Barrera-Nava, Jones, Rodriguez, Hughes, Strickland & Reyes-Velasco, 2021: 248 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Cope, E.D. 1867. Fifth contribution lo the herpetology of tropical America. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 18: 317–323. BHL
• 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. 

Additional references

• Henderson, R.W., Hoevers, L.G. & Wilson, L.D. 1977. A New Species of Sibon (Reptilia, Serpentes, Colubridae) from Belize, Central America. Journal of Herpetology 11(1): 77–79. DOI: 10.2307/1563294 Reference page. 
• Kofron, C.P. 1985. Systematics of the Neotropical gastropod-eating snake genera, Tropidodipsas and Sibon. Journal of Herpetology 19(2): 84–92. DOI: 10.2307/1564423

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Sibon sanniolus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 2 January 2023.
• Lee, J. & Calderón Mandujano, R. 2013. IUCN: Sibon sanniolus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T63920A3131114. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T63920A3131114.en. Accessed on 02 January 2023.

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