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Geophis damiani

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Species of snake

Geophis damiani
Conservation status

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Geophis
Species: G. damiani
Binomial name
Geophis damiani
Wilson, McCranie & K.L. Williams, 1998

Geophis damiani is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Yoro Department, Honduras, where it is only found in a small region of the forest.

Etymology

The species G. damiani is named in honor of Damian Almendarez, a friend of the describers of the species.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of G. damiani is forest (rain forest and cloud forest), at altitudes of 1,680–1,750 m (5,510–5,740 ft).

Description

The dorsal scales of G. damiani are arranged in 15 rows throughout the length of its body. Other species of Geophis which occur in its geographic range have 17 dorsal scale rows.

Behavior

G. damiani is terrestrial and fossorial.

Reproduction

G. damiani is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Wilson, L.D.; Townsend, J.H.; Luque, I. (2020). "Geophis damiani ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T29457A176392574. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T29457A176392574.en. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
  2. ^ Geophis damiani at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 18 December 2021.
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Geophis damiani, p. 64).

Further reading

  • McCranie JR, Castaneda FE (2004). "Notes on the second specimens of Geophis damiani Wilson, McCranie, and Williams and Rhadinaea tolpanorum Holm and Cruz D. (Colubridae)". Herpetological Review 35 (4): 341.
  • Wilson LD, McCranie JR, Williams KL (1998). "A new species of Geophis of the sieboldi group (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubridae) from Northern Honduras". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 111: 410–417. (Geophis damiani, new species).


Taxon identifiers
Geophis damiani


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