''Geophis'' is a
genus of
snakes
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in the
subfamily
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Dipsadinae of the
family Colubridae
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of the
superfamily
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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.
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Geophis annuliferus'' – western snail-eating snake
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Geophis anocularis'' – ''culebra minera de Sierra Mije''
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Geophis bellus''
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Geophis betaniensis''
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Geophis bicolor'' – ''culebra minera del Altiplano''
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Geophis blanchardi'' – ''culebra minera de
Blanchard
Blanchard is a French family name. It is also used as a given name. It derives from the Old French word ''blanchart'' which meant "whitish, bordering upon white". It is also an obsolete term for a white horse.
Geographical distribution
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Geophis brachycephalus''
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Geophis cancellatus'' – ''culebra miners de Chiapas''
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Geophis cansecoi''
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Geophis carinosus
''Geophis carinosus'', also known as the keeled earth snake, is a snake of the colubrid family. It is endemic to Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. ...
'' – ''culebra minera aquillada''
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Geophis chalybeus
''Geophis chalybeus'', also known as the Veracruz earth snake, is a snake of the colubrid family. It is endemic to Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North Americ ...
'' – ''culebra minera veracruzana''
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Geophis championi
''Geophis championi'', the Panamenian earth snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Panama.
Etymology
The specific name, ''championi'', is in honor of English entomologist George Charles Champion.
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Geophis damiani
''Geophis damiani'' is a species of snake in the Family (biology), family Colubridae. The species is Endemism, endemic to Yoro Department, Honduras, where it is only found in a small region of the forest.
Etymology
The species ''G. damiani'' is ...
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Geophis downsi
''Geophis downsi'', also known as the Savage's earth snake, is a snake of the colubrid family. It is endemic to Costa Rica and only known from its type locality, Las Cruces Biological Station in the Puntarenas Province. It is named after Floyd L ...
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Down's earth snake, Savage's earth snake
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Geophis dubius
''Geophis dubius'', also known as the Mesa del Sur earth snake, is a snake of the colubrid family. It is endemic to Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North Ameri ...
'' – ''culebra minera de la Mesa del Sur''
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Geophis duellmani
''Geophis duellmani'', also known as the Sierra Juarez earth snake, is a snake of the colubrid family. It is endemic to Mexico.
References
Geophis
Snakes of North America
Endemic reptiles of Mexico
Taxa named by Hobart Muir Smith
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'' – ''culebra minera de Sierra de Juárez''
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Geophis dugesii
''Geophis dugesii'', also known as Dugès's earth snake, is a snake of the colubrid family. It is endemic to Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It ...
'' – ''culebra minera de Chihuahua''
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Geophis dunni
''Geophis dunni'' is a species of enigmatic snake in the family Colubridae. The species is presumably endemic to Nicaragua and is only known from a single specimen discovered in 1932. (''Geophis dunni'', new species). This specimen, the holot ...
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Geophis fulvoguttatus
''Geophis fulvoguttatus'', also known as Mertens's earth snake, is a snake of the colubrid family. It is found in El Salvador and Honduras
Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. The republic of Ho ...
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Geophis godmani
''Geophis godmani'', also known commonly as Godman's earth snake, the yellow-bellied earth snake, and ''la culebra minadora de Godman'' in American Spanish, is a species of snake in the Family Colubridae. The species is native to Central Americ ...
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Geophis hoffmanni
''Geophis hoffmanni'', also known commonly as Hoffmann's earth snake, is a species of snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. The species is native to Central America.
Etymology
The specific name, ''hoffmanni'', is in h ...
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Geophis immaculatus
''Geophis immaculatus'', Downs's earth snake, is a small snake of the colubrid family. It is native to Mexico and Guatemala. There are no recognized subspecies. Although not much has been documented about it, the population distribution is in abun ...
'' – ''culebra minera inmaculada''
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Geophis incomptus
''Geophis incomptus'', also known as the Sierra Coalcoman earth snake, is a snake of the colubrid family. It is found in Mexico.
References
Geophis
Snakes of North America
Endemic reptiles of Mexico
Reptiles described in 1959
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'' – ''culebra minera de Sierra Coacolman''
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Geophis isthmicus
''Geophis isthmicus'', also known as the isthmian earth snake, is a snake of the colubrid family. It is found in Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. ...
'' – ''culebra minera de Tehuantepec''
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Geophis juarezi
''Geophis juarezi'', also known commonly as Benito Juarez's earth snake and ''la minadora de Benito Juárez'' in Mexican Spanish, is a species of snake of in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. The species is native to Mexi ...
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Geophis juliai
''Geophis juliai'', also known commonly as the Tuxtlan earth snake, Zurtuche's earth snake, and ''la minadora de Julia'' in Mexican Spanish, is a species of snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to M ...
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Geophis laticinctus
''Geophis laticinctus'', also known as the Mesa Central earth snake, is a snake of the colubrid family. It is found in Mexico.
References
Geophis
Snakes of North America
Reptiles of Mexico
Endemic fauna of Mexico
Taxa named by Hobar ...
'' – ''culebra minera de la Mesa Central''
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Geophis laticollaris
''Geophis laticollaris'', also known as the widecollar earth snake, is a snake of the colubrid family. It is found in Mexico.
References
Geophis
Snakes of North America
Endemic reptiles of Mexico
Taxa named by Hobart Muir Smith
Rept ...
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Geophis latifrontalis
''Geophis latifrontalis'', also known as the Potosí earth snake, is a snake of the colubrid family. It is found in Mexico.
References
Geophis
Snakes of North America
Endemic reptiles of Mexico
Taxa named by Samuel Garman
Reptiles de ...
'' – ''culebra minera potosina''
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Geophis lorancai
''Geophis lorancai'' is a snake of the colubrid family. It is found in Mexico.
References
Geophis
Snakes of North America
Endemic reptiles of Mexico
Reptiles described in 2016
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Geophis maculiferus
''Geophis maculiferus'', also known as the Michoacán earth snake, is a snake of the colubrid family. It is endemic to Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North Am ...
'' – ''culebra minera michoacana''
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Geophis mutitorques
''Geophis mutitorques'', also known as the highland earth snake, is a snake of the colubrid family. It is found in Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North Americ ...
'' – ''culebra minera de tierras altas''
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Geophis nasalis
''Geophis nasalis '', also known as the coffee earth snake, is a snake of the colubrid family. It is found in Mexico and Guatemala
Guatemala ( ; ), officially the Republic of Guatemala ( es, República de Guatemala, links=no), is a cou ...
'' – ''culebra minera del café''
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Geophis nephodrymus
''Geophis nephodrymus'' is a snake of the colubrid family. It is endemic to Honduras
Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. The republic of Honduras is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to th ...
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Geophis nigroalbus''
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Geophis nigrocinctus
''Geophis nigrocinctus'', also known as the black-banded earth snake, is a snake of the colubrid family. It is found in Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North A ...
'' – ''culebra minera rayas negras''
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Geophis occabus
''Geophis occabus'' is a snake of the colubrid family endemic to Mexico.
References
Geophis
Snakes of North America
Endemic reptiles of Mexico
Reptiles described in 2011
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Geophis omiltemanus
''Geophis omiltemanus'', also known as the Guerreran earth snake, is a snake of the colubrid family. It is endemic to Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North Ame ...
'' – ''culebra minera guerrerense''
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Geophis petersii
''Geophis petersii'', also known as Peters's earth snake, is a snake of the colubrid family. It is endemic to Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It ...
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Geophis pyburni
''Geophis pyburni'', also known as Pyburn's earth snake, is a species of snake in the colubrid family. It is endemic to Mexico. It is only known from its type locality, Rancho La Pastilla in the Sierra de Coalcoman, Michoacan.
Etymology
The s ...
'' – ''culebra minadora de Pyburn''
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Geophis rhodogaster
''Geophis rhodogaster'', also known as the rosebelly earth snake, is a snake of the colubrid family. It is found in Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras
Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central Americ ...
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Geophis rostralis
''Geophis rostralis'', also known as the Sierra Madre earth snake, is a snake of the colubrid family. It is found in Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North Amer ...
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Geophis ruthveni
''Geophis ruthveni'', also known as Ruthven's earth snake, is a snake of the colubrid family. It is found in Costa Rica
Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), ...
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Geophis sallaei
''Geophis sallaei'', also known as Sallae's earth snake, is a snake of the colubrid family. It is endemic to Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It ...
'' – ''culebra minadora de Sallé''
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Geophis sanniolus
''Geophis sanniolus'', commonly known as the pygmy snail-eating snake or the pygmy snail sucker, is a species of small snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Central America and southeastern Mexico.
Geographic range
''G. san ...
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Geophis sartorii
''Geophis sartorii'', also known commonly as Sartorius' snail-sucker and the terrestrial snail sucker, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to southern North America and Central America. There are two recognized ...
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Geophis semidoliatus
''Geophis semidoliatus'', also known as the coral earth snake, is a snake of the colubrid family. It is found in Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America ...
'' – ''culebra minadora coralillo''
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Geophis sieboldi
''Geophis sieboldi'', also known as Siebold's earth snake, is a snake of the colubrid family. It is found in Mexico.
References
Geophis
Snakes of North America
Reptiles of Mexico
Endemic fauna of Mexico
Taxa named by Giorgio Jan
Rep ...
'' – ''culebra minadora de Siebold''
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Geophis talamancae
''Geophis talamancae'' is a snake of the colubrid family. It is found in Costa Rica
Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American r ...
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Geophis tarascae
''Geophis tarascae'', also known as the Tarascan earth snake, is a snake of the colubrid family. It is found in Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. ...
'' – ''culebra minadora tarasca''
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Geophis tectus
''Geophis tectus'' is a snake of the colubrid family. It is found in Panama.
References
Geophis
Snakes of North America
Reptiles of Panama
Endemic fauna of Panama
Reptiles described in 2008
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Geophis turbidus
''Geophis turbidus'' is a snake of the colubrid family. It is found in Mexico.
References
Geophis
Snakes of North America
Endemic reptiles of Mexico
Reptiles described in 2013
{{Dipsadinae-stub ...
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Geophis zeledoni
''Geophis zeledoni'' is a snake of the colubrid family. It is endemic to Costa Rica
Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American r ...
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Nota bene'': A
binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Geophis''.
References
Further reading
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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).
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Freiberg M (1982). ''Snakes of South America''. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. . (Genus ''Geophis'', pp. 69, 70, 98).
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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).
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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.
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Dipsadidae
Snake genera
Taxa named by Johann Georg Wagler