Geophis mutitorques (Cope)

Wilson, Larry David & Townsend, Josiah H., 2007, A checklist and key to the snakes of the genus Geophis (Squamata: Colubridae: Dipsadinae), with commentary on distribution and conservation, Zootaxa 1395, pp. 1-31 : 14

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29. Geophis mutitorques (Cope)

Rhabdosoma mutitorques Cope 1885: 384 . Rhabdosoma longiceps: Cope 1886: 189 . Geophis mutitorques: Günther 1893: 93 .

Atractus longiceps: Boulenger 1894: 305 . Geophis longiceps: Dunn 1928:1 .

Geophis multitorques: Taylor 1949: 194 . Lapsus View in CoL .

Syntypes. Nine, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP) 11324, 14758–65, collected by S. Bernad. Downs (1967: 105) designated ANSP 14762 the lectotype.

Typelocality. From “high land about Zacualtipan.”

Distribution. Found in cloud forest in San Luis Potosi, Hidalgo, Puebla, and Veracruz, Mexico, above 1500 m elevation.

Species group. latifrontalis ( Downs 1967) .

Systematic references. Cope (1885), Smith (1941b), Bogert & Porter (1966b), Downs (1967).

Remarks. Downs (1967: 108) synonymized Rhabdosoma longiceps Cope with G. mutitorques .