Geophis Betaniensis

''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'' – ''culebra minera de Sierra Mije''
*'' Geophis bellus''
*'' Geophis betaniensis''
*'' Geophis bicolor'' – ''culebra minera del Altiplano''
*'' Geophis blanchardi'' – ''culebra minera de Blanchard''
*'' Geophis brachycephalus''
*'' Geophis cancellatus'' – ''culebra miners de Chiapas''
*'' Geophis cansecoi''
*''Geophis carinosus'' – ''culebra minera aquillada''
*''Geophis chalybeus'' – ''culebra minera veracruzana''
*''Geophis championi''
*''Geophis damiani''
*''Geophis downsi'' – Down's earth snake, Savage's earth snake
*''Geophis dubius'' – ''culebra minera de la Mesa del Sur''
*''Geophis duellmani'' – ''culebra minera de Sierra de Juárez''
*''Geophis dugesii'' – ''culebra minera de Chihuahua''
*''Geophis dunni''
*''Geophis fulvoguttatus''
*''Geophis godmani''
*''Geophis hoffmanni''
*''Geophis immaculatus'' – ''culebra minera inmaculada''
*''Geophis incomptus'' – ''culebra minera de Sierra Coacolman''
*''Geophis isthmicus'' – ''culebra minera de Tehuantepec''
*''Geophis juarezi''
*''Geophis juliai''
*''Geophis laticinctus'' – ''culebra minera de la Mesa Central''
*''Geophis laticollaris''
*''Geophis latifrontalis'' – ''culebra minera potosina''
*''Geophis lorancai''
*''Geophis maculiferus'' – ''culebra minera michoacana''
*''Geophis mutitorques'' – ''culebra minera de tierras altas''
*''Geophis nasalis'' – ''culebra minera del café''
*''Geophis nephodrymus''
*'' Geophis nigroalbus''
*''Geophis nigrocinctus'' – ''culebra minera rayas negras''
*''Geophis occabus''
*''Geophis omiltemanus'' – ''culebra minera guerrerense''
*''Geophis petersii''
*''Geophis pyburni'' – ''culebra minadora de Pyburn''
*''Geophis rhodogaster''
*''Geophis rostralis''
*''Geophis ruthveni''
*''Geophis sallaei'' – ''culebra minadora de Sallé''
*''Geophis sanniolus''
*''Geophis sartorii''
*''Geophis semidoliatus'' – ''culebra minadora coralillo''
*''Geophis sieboldi'' – ''culebra minadora de Siebold''
*''Geophis talamancae''
*''Geophis tarascae'' – ''culebra minadora tarasca''
*''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''.

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. . (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.

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Dipsadidae
Snake genera
Taxa named by Johann Georg Wagler