Geophis tarascae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

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

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Dipsadinae
Genus: Geophis
Species: Geophis tarascae

Name

Geophis tarascae Hartweg, 1959: 1

• Holotype: UMMZ 99115, ♂, collected by Norman Hartweg on 18 July 1947.
• Type locality: “at 5500 feet above sea level in the Parque Nacional on the outskirts of Uruapan, Michoacán”.

References

Primary references

• Hartweg, N.E. 1959. A new colubrid snake of the genus Geophis from Michoacán. Occasional papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 601: 1–5. hdl: 2027.42/57038 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, P., Reyes, R., Kudera, F. & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Geophis tarascae. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 8 March 2020.
• Ponce-Campos, P. & García Aguayo, A. 2007. IUCN: Geophis tarascae  (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T63816A12718065. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63816A12718065.en

Vernacular names

English: Tarascan Earth Snake