Geophis laticollaris Smith, Lynch

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26. Geophis laticollaris Smith, Lynch , & Altig

Geophis laticollaris Smith, Lynch , & Altig 1965: 2. Geophis sallaei: Downs 1967: 168 .

Holotype. University of Illinois Museum of Natural History ( UIMNH) 57170, adult female collected 29 June 1964 by R. Altig.

Type­locality. Three miles south of Putla, Oaxaca, Mexico.

Distribution. Known only from the type locality in the northern Sierra Madre del Sur, Oaxaca, Mexico.

Species group. Unassigned. Geophis laticollaris is apparently closely related to G. s a l l a e i, which is in the sieboldi group ( Downs 1967).

Systematic references. Smith, Lynch, and Altig (1965), Down (1967), Smith & Chiszar (1992).

Remarks. Geophis laticollaris was synonymized with G. s a l l a e i by Downs (1967), but later resurrected by Smith & Chiszar (1992) after examining materials acquired subsequent to publication of Downs’ work.