id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt 32140 Legler, John M. A New Snake of the Genus Geophis From Chihuahua, Mexico .txt text/plain 2232 131 67 UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS PUBLICATIONS, MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY A New Snake of the Genus Geophis From Chihuahua, Mexico 2. _Geophis aquilonaris_ new species, KU 44265, Head slate-black above, having dim pale mark on anterior part of (excluding band on head) 38 on body, 17 on tail; each white ring belly; black rings three to four and one half scales wide on number of species of the genus known to occur in Mexico and extends the known range of the genus approximately 560 miles northwestward scales are fused on both sides of one specimen (UMMZ 117771) as is PERTAINING TO HOLOTYPE AND PARATYPES OF _Geophis aquilonaris_ | | Sex |Dorsal|Ventrals|Subcaudals|Pale rings|Snout-vent|Length parietals is lacking in two specimens (fused with white band on neck the white rings to be one scale wide (rather than alternately one Of the seven other Mexican _Geophis_ having 15 rows of scales, four species (_cancellatus_, _dugesii_, _chalybeus_, and _semidoliatus_) ./cache/32140.txt ./txt/32140.txt