Geophis is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae of the superfamily Colubroidea. Species in the genus Geophis are commonly referred to as Latin American earth snakes (Spanish: culebra minera or culebra minadora). The genus consists of 53 distinct species.
Species The following species are recognized as being valid. www.reptile-database.org. Geophis annuliferus – western snail-eating snake Geophis anocularis – Sierra Mije earth snake Geophis bellus Geophis berillus Geophis betaniensis – Betanien earth snake Geophis bicolor – Mexican plateau earth snake Geophis blanchardi – Blanchard's earth snake Geophis brachycephalus – Costa Rican earth snake Geophis cancellatus – Chiapas earth snake Geophis cansecoi Geophis carinosus – keeled earth snake Geophis chalybeus – Veracruz earth snake Geophis championi – Panamenian earth snake Geophis damiani Geophis downsi – Down's earth snake, Savage's earth snake Geophis dubius – Mesa del Sur earth snake Geophis duellmani – Sierra Juarez earth snake Geophis dugesii – Dugès's earth snake Geophis dunni – Dunn's earth snake Geophis fulvoguttatus – Mertens's earth snake Geophis godmani – Godman's earth snake Geophis hoffmanni – Hoffmann's earth snake Geophis immaculatus – Downs's earth snake Geophis incomptus – Sierra Coalcoman earth snake' Geophis isthmicus – isthmian earth snake Geophis juarezi – Benito Juarez's earth snake Geophis juliai – Zurtuche's earth snake Geophis laticinctus – Mesa Central earth snake Geophis laticollaris – widecollar earth snake Geophis latifrontalis – Potosí earth snake Geophis lorancai Geophis maculiferus – Michoacán earth snake Geophis mutitorques – highland earth snake Geophis nasalis – coffee earth snake Geophis nephodrymus Geophis nigroalbus – Colombian earth snake Geophis nigrocinctus – black-banded earth snake Geophis occabus Geophis omiltemanus – Guerreran earth snake Geophis petersii – Peters's earth snake Geophis pyburni – Pyburn's earth snake Geophis rhodogaster – rosebelly earth snake Geophis rostralis –Sierra Madre earth snake Geophis ruthveni – Ruthven's earth snake Geophis sallaei – Sallae's earth snake Geophis sanniolus – pygmy snail sucker Geophis sartorii – terrestrial snail sucker Geophis semidoliatus – coral earth snake Geophis sieboldi – Siebold's earth snake Geophis talamancae Geophis tarascae – Tarascan earth snake Geophis tectus Geophis turbidus Geophis zeledoni
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Geophis.
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Further reading
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. (Genus Geophis, pp. 314–315). Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. . (Genus Geophis, pp. 69, 70, 98). Wagler J (1830). Natürliches system der Amphibien, mit vorangehender Classification der Säugthiere und Vögel. Ein Beitrag zur vergleichenden Zoologie. Munich, Stuttgart and Tübingen: J.G. Cotta. vi + 354 pp. + one plate. (Geophis, new genus, p. 342). (in German and Latin). Wilson JD, 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.