Geophis blanchardi Taylor & Smith
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5. Geophis blanchardi Taylor & Smith
Geophis blanchardi Taylor & Smith 1939: 245 .
Holotype. Field Museum of Natural History ( FMNH) 100037, an adult female collected 14 August 1936 by E. H. Taylor.
Typelocality. Around two miles south of Acultzingo, Veracruz, Mexico.
Distribution. Known from the vicinity of the type locality in the Veracruz, Mexico around 2300 m elevation, and adjacent parts of Puebla. Also recorded from the Sierra Mazateca in Oaxaca, from 2240–2510 m elevation.
Species group. latifrontalis ( Downs 1967) .
Systematic references. Taylor & Smith (1939), Downs (1967).
Remarks. The presence of G. blanchardi in the area of Puebla adjacent to the type locality was recently confirmed ( CansecoMárquez and Austin 2005), and this species was also recently reported from a cloud forest locality in northern Oaxaca around 70 km south of the type locality ( CansecoMárquez et al. 2004).
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