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Genus of snakes
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.
[1]
Species
The following species are recognized as being valid.
[2]
Geophis annuliferus
Boulenger , 1894 – western snail-eating snake
Geophis anocularis
Dunn , 1920 – Sierra Mije earth snake
Geophis bellus
Myers , 2003
Geophis berillus Barragn-Resndiz, Pavón-Vázquez, Cervantes-Burgos, Trujano-Ortego, 2022
Geophis betaniensis
J.H. Restrepo & J.W. Wright, 1987 – Betanien earth snake
Geophis bicolor
Günther , 1868 – Mexican plateau earth snake
Geophis blanchardi
Taylor &
H.M. Smith , 1939 – Blanchard's earth snake
Geophis brachycephalus (
Cope , 1871) – Costa Rican earth snake
Geophis cancellatus H.M. Smith, 1941 – Chiapas earth snake
Geophis cansecoi
C. Grünwald ,
Ahumada-Carrillo ,
A. Grünwald ,
Montaño-Ruvalcaba &
García-Vázquez , 2021
Geophis carinosus
L.C. Stuart , 1941 – keeled earth snake
Geophis chalybeus (
Wagler , 1830) – Veracruz earth snake
Geophis championi
Boulenger , 1894 – Panamenian earth snake
Geophis damiani
Wilson ,
McCranie &
K.L. Williams , 1998
Geophis downsi
Savage , 1981 –
Down's earth snake, Savage's earth snake
Geophis dubius (
W. Peters , 1861) – Mesa del Sur earth snake
Geophis duellmani H.M. Smith &
Holland , 1969 – Sierra Juarez earth snake
Geophis dugesii
Bocourt , 1883 – Dugès's earth snake
Geophis dunni
K.P. Schmidt , 1932 – Dunn's earth snake
Geophis fulvoguttatus
Mertens , 1952 – Mertens's earth snake
Geophis godmani Boulenger, 1894 – Godman's earth snake
Geophis hoffmanni (W. Peters, 1859) – Hoffmann's earth snake
Geophis immaculatus
Downs , 1967 – Downs's earth snake
Geophis incomptus
Duellman , 1959 – Sierra Coalcoman earth snake'
Geophis isthmicus (Boulenger, 1894) – isthmian earth snake
Geophis juarezi
Nieto-Montes de Oca , 2003 – Benito Juarez's earth snake
Geophis juliai
Pérez-Higareda , H.M. Smith &
López-Luna , 2001 – Zurtuche's earth snake
Geophis laticinctus H.M. Smith & K.L. Williams, 1963 – Mesa Central earth snake
Geophis laticollaris H.M. Smith,
Lynch &
Altig , 1965 – widecollar earth snake
Geophis latifrontalis
Garman , 1883 – Potosí earth snake
Geophis lorancai
Canseco-Márquez ,
Pavón-Vázquez , López-Luna & Nieto-Montes de Oca, 2016
Geophis maculiferus Taylor, 1941 – Michoacán earth snake
Geophis mutitorques (Cope, 1885) – highland earth snake
Geophis nasalis (Cope, 1868) – coffee earth snake
Geophis nephodrymus
Townsend & Wilson, 2006
Geophis nigroalbus Boulenger, 1908 – Colombian earth snake
Geophis nigrocinctus Duellman, 1959 – black-banded earth snake
Geophis occabus Pavón-Vázquez, García-Vázquez,
Blancas-Hernández & Nieto-Montes de Oca, 2011
Geophis omiltemanus Günther, 1893 – Guerreran earth snake
Geophis petersii Boulenger, 1894 – Peters's earth snake
Geophis pyburni
Campbell &
Murphy , 1977 – Pyburn's earth snake
Geophis rhodogaster (Cope, 1868) – rosebelly earth snake
Geophis rostralis (
Jan , 1865) –Sierra Madre earth snake
Geophis ruthveni
F. Werner , 1925 – Ruthven's earth snake
Geophis sallaei Boulenger, 1894 – Sallae's earth snake
Geophis sanniolus Cope, 1863 – pygmy snail sucker
Geophis sartorii Cope, 1863 – terrestrial snail sucker
Geophis semidoliatus (
A.M.C. Duméril ,
Bibron &
A.H.A. Duméril , 1854) – coral earth snake
Geophis sieboldi (Jan, 1862) – Siebold's earth snake
Geophis talamancae
Lips & Savage, 1994
Geophis tarascae
Hartweg , 1959 – Tarascan earth snake
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
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 ).
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.