Geophis brachycephalus este o specie de șerpi din genul Geophis, familia Colubridae, descrisă de Cope 1871. A fost clasificată de IUCN ca specie cu risc scăzut. Conform Catalogue of Life specia Geophis brachycephalus nu are subspecii cunoscute.
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Cope, E.D. (1871) Ninth contribution to the herpetology of tropical America., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 23: 200-224 TIGR Reptile Database . Uetz P. , 2007-10-02
Günther,A. (1872) Seventh account of new species of snakes in the collection of the British Museum., Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) 9: 13-37 Cope, E.D. (1876) On the Batrachia and Reptilia of Costa Rica with notes on the herpetology and ichthyology of Nicaragua and Peru., Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia N.S. (2) 8: 93-154 Boulenger, George A. (1894) Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ., British Mus. (Nat. Hist.), London, xi, 382 pp. Cope, E.D. (1885) A contribution to the herpetology of Mexico., Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 22: 379-404 Taylor,E.H. (1954) Further studies on the serpents of Costa Rica., Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 36: 673-800. Cope, E.D. (1887) Catalogue of batrachians and reptiles of Central America and México., Bull. US Nation. Mus., Washington, 32: 1-98
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