| Geophis juliai | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Geophis |
| Species: | G. juliai |
| Binomial name | |
| Geophis juliai Pérez-Higareda, H.M. Smith & López-Luna, 2001 | |
Geophis juliai, also known commonly as the Tuxtlan earth snake, Zurtuche's earth snake, and la minadora de Julia in Mexican Spanish, is a species of snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Mexico.
Etymology
The specific name, juliai, is in honor of Jordi Juliá-Zertuche, who was a Mexican entomologist and herpetologist.
Geographic range
G. juliai is found in the southern part of the Mexican state of Veracruz.
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of G. juliai is forest, at altitudes of 100–600 m (330–1,970 ft).
Behavior
G. juliai is terrestrial and semifossorial.
Reproduction
G. juliai is oviparous.
References
- ^ Lopez-Luna, M.A. (2007). "Geophis juliai ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007. Version 2022.2.
- ^ Species Geophis juliai at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Geophis juliai, p. 137).
Further reading
- Heimes P (2016). Snakes of Mexico: Herpetofauna Mexican Vol. I. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Edition Chimaira. 572 pp. ISBN 978-3899731002.
- Pérez-Higareda G, Smith HM, López-Luna MA (2001). "A New Geophis (Reptilia: Serpentes) From Southern Veracruz, Mexico". Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 37 (2): 42–48. (Geophis juliai, new species). (in English, with an abstract in Spanish).
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