Geophis immaculatus

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Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	REPTILIA	SQUAMATA	DIPSADIDAE

Scientific Name:

Geophis immaculatus

Species Authority:

Downs, 1967

Common Name/s:

English

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Downs' Earth Snake

Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published:	2007
Assessor/s:	Campbell, J.A., Muñoz-Alonso, A. & García Aguayo, A.
Reviewer/s:	Cox, N., Chanson, J.S. & Stuart, S.N. (Global Reptile Assessment Coordinating Team)
Contributor/s:
Justification: Listed as Least Concern, although its extent of occurrence is less than 20,000 km², it is abundant, and there are no major threats, and its population is not currently in decline.

Range Description:	This species is known from the Pacific versant of southeastern Chiapas, Mexico to adjacent Guatemala, from 1,000 to 1,200 m asl.
Countries:	Native: Guatemala; Mexico
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Population:	It is a very secretive snake, so it is difficult to estimate the population size, but it is thought to be abundant.
Population Trend:	Stable

Habitat and Ecology:	It occurs in wet forest and cloud forest. It has not been found in disturbed areas.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Major Threat(s):	There are no major threats to this species at present.

Major Threat(s):

There are no major threats to this species at present.

Conservation Actions:	It is found in El Triunfo and Tacana Biosphere Reserve, in Mexico.

Conservation Actions:

It is found in El Triunfo and Tacana Biosphere Reserve, in Mexico.

Citation:	Campbell, J.A., Muñoz-Alonso, A. & García Aguayo, A. 2007. Geophis immaculatus. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 June 2013.
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