Geophis sartorii

Geophis sartorii

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 sartorii
Subspecies (2): G. s. macdougalli – G. s. sartorii

Name

Geophis sartorii (Cope, 1863)

• Holotype: USNM [lost].
• Type locality: “Mirador, Vera Cruz”.

Combinations

• Tropidodipsas sartorii Cope, 1863: 100 [original combination]
• Leptognathus sartorii — Cope, 1885: 172 [subsequent combination]
• Sibon sartorii — Kofron, 1985 [subsequent combination]
• Geophis sartorii — 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. 1863. Descriptions of new American Squamata, in the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 15: 100–106. 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 sartorii. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 3 January 2023.
• Lee, J., Mandujano, R.C., Townsend, J., Luque, I. & Ariano, D. 2013. IUCN: Tropidodipsas sartorii  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T198528A2530308. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T198528A2530308.en. Accessed on 03 January 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Terrestrial Snail Sucker

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