Check List 11(4): e19323, doi: 10.15560/11.4.1724
New record of the snake Geophis turbidus (Squamata: Dipsadidae) from Hidalgo, Mexico, with annotations of a juvenile specimen
Raciel Cruz-Elizalde‡, Aurelio Ramírez-Bautista‡, Daniel Lara-Tufiño‡‡ Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo, Mexico
Corresponding author: Aurelio Ramírez-Bautista ( ramibautistaa@gmail.com ) © 2017 Raciel Cruz-Elizalde, Aurelio Ramírez-Bautista, Daniel Lara-Tufiño. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Citation:
Ramírez-Bautista A, Cruz-Elizalde R, Lara Tufiño J (2015) New record of the snake Geophis turbidus (Squamata: Dipsadidae) from Hidalgo, Mexico, with annotations of a juvenile specimen. Check List 11(4): 1724. https://doi.org/10.15560/11.4.1724 |  |
Abstract
We record for the first time the recently described snake Geophis turbidus from the state of Hidalgo, Mexico. The species was recorded in cloud and pine forests, and this report extends the distribution of this species approximately 25 km from its previously known occurrence. In this paper, we also report the first description of a juvenile specimen, along with data on the natural history, morphology, and conservation of this species.
Keywords
Geophis turbidus; cloud forest; new record; juvenile; Hidalgo