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GEOPHIS 



GEOPHIS BRACHYCEPHALUS (Cope) 

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1871 Coloboqnathus brachvcephalus Cope. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc i . Phila., I87I: 211. Type-locality: Near 

 San Jose, Costa Rica. 



1871 Coloboqnathus dol ichocephalus Cope. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc i . Phila., I87I: 211. Type-locality: San 



Jose, Costa Rica. 



1872 Geophis moestus Giinther, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (4) 5: 15. Type-locality: NearCartago, Costa 



Rica. 

 I9O8 Geoghj-S niqroalbus Boulenger, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (s) 2: $22. Type-locality: Pavas, Colombia. 1 

 1^42 Geophis brachvcephalus — Dunn (in part), Notulae Nat., 108: 4. 

 1954 Geophis bakeri Taylor, Univ. Kansas Sc i . Bull., 36: 689. Type-locality: Isla Bonita, Cinchona, 



Costa Rica. 

 196? Geophis brachycephalus- Dcwns. Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich., I3I: 146, fig. 19. 



Distribution: Cordillera Central, Costa Rica south to Colombia; 250-2000 m. 



GEOPHIS CANCELLATUS Smith 

 sem i dol iatus group 



1941 Geophis cancellatus Smith, Smithsonian Misc. Coll., 99 (19): 1. Type-locality: Chicharras, 



Chiapas, Mexico, IO35 m. 

 1967 Geophis cancellatus — Downs, Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich., I3I: I29, fig. 16. 



Distribution: Known only from the type locality; probably west to the Isthmus of Tehuantepec and 

 east into Guatemala. Landy et al,^Jour. Ohio Herp. Soc, 5, I966, 95, add a specimen from a 

 questioned locality, near Union Juarez, Chiapas, Mexico. 



GEOPHIS CHAMPION! Boulenger 

 champion i group 



I894 Geophis championi Boulenger. Cat. Sn.Brit. Mus. 2; 321, pl.l6, f(g.3. Type-locality: Chiriqui, 



Panama. 

 1967 Geophis championi — Downs. Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich., 131: 70, fig. I5. 



Distribution: Known only from the type locality and Boquete, eastern slopes of Volcan Chiriqui, 

 Chiriqui Prov., Panama. 



GEOPHIS DUNNI Schmidt 

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1932 Geophis dunni Schmidt, Copeia, 1932: 8. Type-locality: Matagalpa, Nicaragua, 7O5 m. 

 1967 Geophis dunni — Downs, Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich., I3I: I53, fig. I9. 



Distribution: Known only from type locality. 



GEOPHIS FULVOGUTTATUS Mertens 

 dub ius group 



1952 Geophis f ulvoqut tatus Mertens, Zool. Anz., I49: 134. Type-locality: Hacienda Monte Cristo, 



Sierra de Metapan, Dept. Santa Ana, El Salvador. 

 1967 Geophis fulvoauttatus — Downs, Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich., I3I: 88, fig. 7, 



Distribution: Known only from the type locality; in a cloud forest at 2200 m. 



GEOPHIS GODMANI Boulenger 

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1894 Geophis qodmani Boulenger, Cat. Sn. Brit. Mus., 2: 322, pi. 16, fig. 4. Type-locality: Irazu, 



Costa Rica. 

 1967 Geophis qodmani — Downs, Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich., I3I: 72, fig. 5. 



Distribution: Caribbean and Pacific slopes of central Costa Rica south to Canal Zone of Panama, 

 between I3OO-2IOO m. 



^Downs, Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich., I3I, I967, 146, indicated that a specimen from eastern 

 Panama may demonstrate that n i qroalbus is a valid taxon. 



