Geophis sartorii

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Geophis sartorii
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Geophis
Species:
G. sartorii
Binomial name
Geophis sartorii
(Cope, 1863)
Synonyms [2]
  • Tropidodipsas sartorii
    Cope, 1863
  • Galedon annularis
    Jan, 1863
  • Leptognathus dumerilii
    Jan, 1863
  • Geophis annulatus
    W. Peters, 1870
  • Leptognathus sexcutatus
    Bocourt, 1884
  • Leptognathus leucostomus
    Bocourt, 1884
  • Leptognathus semicinctus
    Bocourt, 1884
  • Leptognathus (Tropidodipsas) bernoulii
    F. Müller, 1887
  • Leptognathus (Tropidodipsas) cuculliceps
    F. Müller, 1887
  • Sibon sartorii
    Kofron, 1985
  • Geophis sartorii
    C. Grünwald et al., 2021

Geophis sartorii, also known commonly as Sartorius' snail-sucker and the terrestrial snail sucker, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to southern North America and Central America. There are two recognized subspecies.

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Etymology

The specific name, sartorii, is in honor of German-born Mexican naturalist Christian Carl Wilhelm Sartorius. [3]

Geographic range

G. sartorii is found in southeastern Mexico, and in Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. [2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of G. sartorii is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 2,000 m (6,600 ft). [1]

Description

G. sartorii may attain a snout-to-vent length of 48 cm (19 in) with a tail length of 14 cm (5.5 in). The body is black, with 16–20 narrow rings, which are yellowish to reddish in color. [4]

Diet

G. sartorii preys upon snails. [1]

Reproduction

G. sartorii is oviparous. [2]

Mimicry

G. sartorii mimicks Micrurus elegans , a species of venomous coral snake with which it is sympatric. [2]

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies. [2]

Nota bene : A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Geophis .

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Lee J, Mandujano RC, Townsend J, Luque I, Ariano D (2020). Tropidodipsas sartorii. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020. Accessed on 17 March 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Species Geophis sartorii at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  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. (Sibon sartorii, p. 233).
  4. Boulenger GA (1894). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xi + 382 pp. + Plates I–XX. (Tropidodipsas sartorii, pp. 296–297).

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