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    Geophis chalybeus (Wagler, 1830)

    Veracruz Earth Snake

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Culebra minera jarocha Spanish
      Culebra-minera veracruzana Spanish
      Minadora de Veracruz Spanish
      Veracruz Earth Snake English

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      15 results
      Cope, E. D. (1885). A contribution to the herpetology of Mexico. Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 22: 379-404.
      Cope, E. D. (1900). The crocodilians, lizards and snakes of North America. Ann. Rep. U.S. Natl. Mus. 1898: 153-1270.
      Downs, F. L. (1967). lntrageneric relations among colubrid snakes of the genus Geophis Wagler. Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan 131: 1-193.
      Torres-Hernández, LA, Ramírez-Bautista A, Cruz-Elizalde R, Hernández-Salinas U, Berriozabal-Islas C, DeSantis DL, Johnson JD, Rocha A, García-Padilla E, Mata-Silva V, Fucsko LA, and Wilson LD. (2021). The herpetofauna of Veracruz, Mexico: composition, distribution, and conservation status. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 15(2) [General Section]: 72–155.
      Günther, A. C. L. G. (1885). Reptilia and Batrachia. Biologia Centrali-Américana. Taylor, & Francis, London, 326 Pp. [Published in Parts from 1885-1902; Reprint by the SSAR 1987].
      Wagler, Jean G. (1830). Natürliches System der Amphibien, mit vorangehender Classification der Säugetiere und Vögel. Ein Beitrag zur vergleichenden Zoologie. 1.0. Cotta, München, Stuttgart, and Tübingen, 354 Pp. [1830-1832].
      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.
      Pérez-Higareda, Gonzalo;Smith, Hobart M. (1991). Ofidiofauna de Veracruz: Análisis Taxonomico y Zoogeográfico. Ophidiofauna of Veracruz: Taxonomical and Zoogeographical Analysis. Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional de México, Publicaciones Especiales 7: 1-122.
      Smith, Hobart M., Keneth L. Williams, Van Wallach and David Chiszar. (1990). Nomenclatural priority of Geophis Wagler, 1830, over the simultaneously published synonym Catostoma Wagler, 1830 (Reptilia: Serpentes). Bull. Maryland Herp. Soc. 26 (2): 68-71.
      Heimes, P. (2016). Snakes of Mexico. Chimaira, Frankfurt, 572 Pp.

      Citation

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