''Geophis juarezi'', also known
commonly as Benito Juarez's earth snake and ''la minadora de Benito Juárez'' in Mexican Spanish, is a
species of
snake of in the
subfamily
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Dipsadinae of the
family Colubridae
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. The species is native to
Mexico.
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Etymology
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specific name Specific name may refer to:
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* Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...
, ''juarezi'', is in honor of
Benito Juárez who was a president of Mexico.
[ Beolens B, Watkins M, ]Grayson M
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Places Canada
* Grayson, Saskatchewan
* Rural Municipality of Grayson No. 184, Saskatchewan
United States
* Grayson, California
* Grayson, Georgia
** Grayson High School
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(2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Geophis juarezi'', p. 137).
Geographic range
''G. juarezi'' is
endemic to the Mexican state of
Oaxaca.
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Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of ''G. juarezi'' is forest, at altitudes around .[
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Description
''G. juarezi'' is uniformly dark grayish brown dorsally. The dorsal scales are arranged in 17 rows. On the posterior portion of the body, the dorsal scales are strongly keeled and have paired apical pits. The ventrals number 114 in the only known male, and 118–124 in the three known females. The subcaudals number 55 in the male, and 49 in the only known female with a complete tail.[
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Behavior
''G. juarezi'' is terrestrial.[
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Reproduction
''G. juarezi'' is oviparous
Oviparous animals are animals that lay their eggs, with little or no other embryonic development within the mother. This is the reproductive method of most fish, amphibians, most reptiles, and all pterosaurs, dinosaurs (including birds), and ...
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References
Further reading
* Heimes P (2016). ''Snakes of Mexico: Herpetofauna Mexicana Vol. I.'' Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Edition Chimaira. 572 pp. .
* Mata-Silva V, Johnson JD, Wilson LD, García-Padilla E (2015). "The herpetofauna of Oaxaca, Mexico: composition, physiographic distribution, and conservation status". ''Mesoamerican Herpetology'' 2 (1): 6–62.
* Nieto-Montes de Oca A (2003). "A New Species of the ''Geophis dubius'' Group (Squamata: Colubridae) from the Sierra de Juárez of Oaxaca, Mexico". ''Herpetologica'' 59 (4): 572–585. (''Geophis juarezi'', new species).
*Wilson LD, Townsend JH (2007). "A checklist and key to the snakes of the genus ''Geophis'' (Squamata: Colubridae: Dipsadinae), with commentary on distribution and conservation". ''Zootaxa'' 1395: 1–31. (''Geophis juarezi'', p. 12). (in English, with an abstract in Spanish).
Geophis
Snakes of North America
Endemic reptiles of Mexico
Reptiles described in 2003
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