Geophis russatus

• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Common Names

Description

Family Colubridae

The family Colubridae, which includes the kingsnakes (Lampropeltis spp. ), is the largest, most widespread, and diverse family of snakes , with few physical characteristics universal among all species. The family contains 70 percent of the known species of snakes, with more than 1700 species worldwide (Pough et al. 1998). Although some colubrids are dangerously venomous , most are harmless to humans. [1]

Subfamily Dipsadinae

These snakes are the New World counterparts of the Pareinae and resemble them in appearance and habits. They live in tropical America.

Habitat

Ecology: The habitat of this species is not known, but it is presumably terrestrial .[2]


List of Habitats:18Unknown

Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms

1. Geophis russatus — Downs 1967: 138
2. Geophis russatus — Liner 1994
3. Geophis russatus — Wilson & Townsend 2007: 17
4. Geophis sallaei russatus Smith & Williams 1966

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Uetz P.

Similar Species

Members of the genus Geophis

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 72 species and subspecies in this genus:

G. acutirostris · G. albonuchalis · G. annulatus · G. anocularis (Sierra Mije Earth Snake) · G. bakeri · G. bellus · G. betaniensis (Betanien Earth Snake) · G. bicolor (Mexican Plateau Earth Snake) · G. blanchardi (Blanchard's Earth Snake) · G. brachycephalus (Colombian Earth Snake) · G. cancellatus (Chiapas Earth Snake) · G. carinosus (Keeled Earth Snake) · G. chalybeus (Veracruz Earth Snake) · G. championi (Panamenian Earth Snake) · G. damiani · G. diplozeugus · G. dolichocephala · G. dolichocephalus · G. downsi (Savage's Earth Snake) · G. dubius (Mesa Del Sur Earth Snake) · G. duellmani (Sierra Juarez Earth Snake) · G. dugesi (Dugès' Earth Snake) · G. dugesii (Dugès' Earth Snake) · G. dugesii aquilonaris · G. dugesii dugesii (Dugès' Earth Snake) · G. dunni (Dunn's Earth Snake) · G. emmeli · G. fasciata · G. fulvoguttatus (Mertens' Earth Snake) · G. godmani (Godman's Earth Snake) · G. hoffmani · G. hoffmanni (Hoffmann's Earth Snake) · G. immaculatus (Downs' Earth Snake) · G. incomptus (Sierra Coalcoman Earth Snake) · G. isthmicus (Isthmian Earth Snake) · G. juarezi · G. juliai · G. laticinctus (Mesa Central Earth Snake) · G. laticollaris (Widecollar Earth Snake) · G. latifrons · G. latifrontalis (Potosí Earth Snake) · G. latifrontalis latifrontalis (Potosí Earth Snake) · G. latifrontalis semiannulatus · G. maculiferus (Michoacán Earth Snake) · G. microcephalus · G. moestus · G. multitorques · G. multitorques yucatanensis · G. mutitorques (Highland Earth Snake) · G. nasalis (Coffee Earth Snake) · G. nephodrymus · G. nigroalbus · G. nigrocinctus (Black-Banded Earth Snake) · G. omiltemana · G. omiltemanus (Guerreran Earth Snake) · G. petersi · G. petersii (Peters' Earth Snake) · G. pyburni (Pyburn's Earth Snake) · G. reticulatus · G. rhodogaster (Rosebelly Earth Snake) · G. rostralis · G. russatus (Red Earth Snake) · G. ruthveni (Ruthven's Earth Snake) · G. sallaei (Sallae's Earth Snake) · G. semiannulatus · G. semidoliatus (Coral Earth Snake) · G. sieboldi (Siebold's Earth Snake) · G. stenorhynchus · G. talamancae · G. tarascae (Tarascan Earth Snake) · G. tecpanecus · G. zeledoni

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Further Reading

• Flores-Villela, Oscar / McCoy, C. J., ed. 1993. Herpetofauna Mexicana: Lista anotada de las especies de anfibios y reptiles de México, cambios taxonómicos recientes, y nuevas especies. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication, no. 17. Carnegie Museum of Natural History. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. iv + 73. ISBN: 0-911239-42-1.
• Smith et al. (1966) Journal of the Ohio Herpetological Society 5 (3): 90-92
• Smith, H.M. and Williams, K.L. 1966. A new snake (Geophis) from México. Journal of the Ohio Herpetological Society 5: 90-92.

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed April 19, 2007.
• Flores-Villela, O. 2007. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
• Uetz, Peter. The Reptile Database

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2540011
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Rep-13483
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 585892
• IUCN ID: 63812
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 134312

Footnotes

1. Painter, Charles W., Chuck L. Hayes, and James N. Stuart "Recovery and Conservation of the Gray-Banded Kingsnake. New Mexico Department of Game and Fish. May 1, 2002. [back]
2. Flores-Villela, O. 2007. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008. [back]

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