Geophis

Geophis is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. Species in the genus Geophis are typically referred to as Latin American earth snakes (Spanish: culebra minera or culebra minadora). The genus consists of fifty distinct species.[1]

Geophis
Geophis nigroalbus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Subfamily:	Dipsadinae
Genus:	Geophis Wagler, 1830

Species

The following species are recognized as being valid.[2]

• Geophis anocularis Dunn, 1920 – culebra minera de Sierra Mije
• Geophis bellus Myers, 2003
• Geophis betaniensis J.H. Restrepo & J.W. Wright, 1987
• Geophis bicolor Günther, 1868 – culebra minera del Altiplano
• Geophis blanchardi Taylor & H.M. Smith, 1939 – culebra minera de Blanchard
• Geophis brachycephalus (Cope, 1871)
• Geophis cancellatus H.M. Smith, 1941 – culebra minera de Chiapas
• Geophis carinosus L.C. Stuart, 1941 – culebra minera aquillada
• Geophis chalybeus (Wagler, 1830) – culebra minera veracruzana
• Geophis championi Boulenger, 1894
• Geophis damiani Wilson, McCranie & K.L. Williams, 1998
• Geophis downsi Savage, 1981
• Geophis dubius (W. Peters, 1861) – culebra minera de la Mesa del Sur
• Geophis duellmani H.M. Smith & Holland, 1969 – culebra minera de Sierra de Juárez
• Geophis dugesii Bocourt, 1883 – culebra minera de Chihuahua
• Geophis dunni K.P. Schmidt, 1932
• Geophis fulvoguttatus Mertens, 1952
• Geophis godmani Boulenger, 1894
• Geophis hoffmanni (W. Peters, 1859)
• Geophis immaculatus Downs, 1967 – culebra minera inmaculada
• Geophis incomptus Duellman, 1959 – culebra minera de Sierra Coacolman
• Geophis isthmicus (Boulenger, 1894) – culebra minera de Tehuantepec
• Geophis juarezi Nieto-Montes de Oca, 2003
• Geophis juliai Pérez-Higareda, H.M. Smith & López-Luna, 2001
• Geophis laticinctus H.M. Smith & K.L. Williams, 1963 – culebra minera de la Mesa Central
• Geophis laticollaris H.M. Smith, Lynch & Altig, 1965
• Geophis latifrontalis Garman, 1883 – culebra minera potosina
• Geophis lorancai Canseco-Márquez, Pavón-Vázquez, López-Luna & Nieto-Montes de Oca, 2016
• Geophis maculiferus Taylor, 1941 – culebra minera michoacana
• Geophis mutitorques (Cope, 1885) – culebra minera de tierras altas
• Geophis nasalis (Cope, 1868) – culebra minera del café
• Geophis nephodrymus Townsend & Wilson, 2006
• Geophis nigroalbus Boulenger, 1908
• Geophis nigrocinctus Duellman, 1959 – culebra minera rayas negras
• Geophis occabus Pavón-Vázquez, García-Vázquez, Blancas-Hernández & Nieto-Montes de Oca, 2011
• Geophis omiltemanus Günther, 1893 – culebra minera guerrerense
• Geophis petersii Boulenger, 1894
• Geophis pyburni Campbell & Murphy, 1977 – culebra minadora de Pyburn
• Geophis rhodogaster (Cope, 1868)
• Geophis rostralis (Jan, 1865)
• Geophis russatus H.M. Smith & K.L. Williams, 1966 – culebra minadora roja
• Geophis ruthveni F. Werner, 1925
• Geophis sallaei Boulenger, 1894 – culebra minadora de Sallé
• Geophis semidoliatus (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854) – culebra minadora coralillo
• Geophis sieboldi (Jan, 1862) – culebra minadora de Siebold
• Geophis talamancae Lips & Savage, 1994
• Geophis tarascae Hartweg, 1959 – culebra minadora tarasca
• Geophis tectus Savage & J.I. Watling, 2008
• Geophis turbidus Pavón-Vázquez, Canseco-Márquez & Nieto-Montes de Oca, 2013
• Geophis zeledoni Taylor, 1954

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Geophis.

References

1. "Geophis ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 13 August 2007.
2. Genus Geophis at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

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. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (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).