Geophis omiltemanus (Günther), Gunther

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34. Geophis omiltemanus (Günther)

Geophis omiltemana Günther 1893: 92 .

Dirosema omiltemanum: Boulenger 1894: 299 . Atractus omiltemanus: Cope 1896: 1024 .

Catastoma omiltemanum: Amaral 1929: 192 . Geophis omiltemana: Smith 1941b: 1 .

Geophis omiltemanus: Downs 1967: 124 .

Syntypes. Three, The Natural History Museum, London (BMNH) 1946.1.6.35­37 collected by H.H. Smith. Downs (1967:124) designated 1946.1.6.37, an adult male, the lectotype.

Type­locality. Omilteme, Guerrero, Mexico, ca. 2438 m elevation.

Distribution. Known from the vicinity of the type locality, in the Sierra Madre del Sur, Guerrero, Mexico, and from western Oaxaca.

Species group. omiltemanus ( Downs 1967) .

Systematic references. Günther (1893), Downs (1967), Hardy (1976).

Remarks. Campbell (1988:28) reported this species from San Andrés Chicahuaxtla, Oaxaca, Mexico, based on a personal communication from C. H. Bogert.