{{Short description|Genus of snakes}} {{Italic title}} {{Automatic taxobox | name = ''Geophis'' | image = Geophis nigroalbus.png | image_caption = ''Geophis nigroalbus'' | taxon = Geophis | authority = Wagler, 1830 }}
'''''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.<ref name="ITIS">{{ITIS |id=585662 |taxon=''Geophis '' |accessdate=13 August 2007}}</ref>
==Species== The following species are recognized as being valid.<ref>{{EMBL genus|genus=Geophis}} www.reptile-database.org.</ref> *''Geophis annuliferus'' {{small|Boulenger, 1894}} – western snail-eating snake *''Geophis anocularis'' {{small|Dunn, 1920}} – Sierra Mije earth snake *''Geophis bellus'' {{small|Myers, 2003}} *''Geophis berillus'' {{small|Barragán-Reséndiz, Pavón-Vázquez, Cervantes-Burgos, Trujano-Ortego, Canseco-Márquez & García-Vázquez, 2022}} *''Geophis betaniensis'' {{small|J.H. Restrepo & J.W. Wright, 1987}} – Betanien earth snake *''Geophis bicolor'' {{small|Günther, 1868}} – Mexican plateau earth snake *''Geophis blanchardi'' {{small|Taylor & H.M. Smith, 1939}} – Blanchard's earth snake *''Geophis brachycephalus'' {{small|(Cope, 1871)}} – Costa Rican earth snake *''Geophis cancellatus'' {{small|H.M. Smith, 1941}} – Chiapas earth snake *''Geophis cansecoi'' {{small|C. Grünwald, Ahumada-Carrillo, A. Grünwald, Montaño-Ruvalcaba & García-Vázquez, 2021}} *''Geophis carinosus'' {{small|L.C. Stuart, 1941}} – keeled earth snake *''Geophis chalybeus'' {{small|(Wagler, 1830)}} – Veracruz earth snake *''Geophis championi'' {{small|Boulenger, 1894}} – Panamenian earth snake *''Geophis damiani'' {{small|Wilson, McCranie & K.L. Williams, 1998}} *''Geophis downsi'' {{small|Savage, 1981}} – Down's earth snake, Savage's earth snake *''Geophis dubius'' {{small|(W. Peters, 1861)}} – Mesa del Sur earth snake *''Geophis duellmani'' {{small|H.M. Smith & Holland, 1969}} – Sierra Juarez earth snake *''Geophis dugesii'' {{small|Bocourt, 1883}} – Dugès's earth snake *''Geophis dunni'' {{small|K.P. Schmidt, 1932}} – Dunn's earth snake *''Geophis fulvoguttatus'' {{small|Mertens, 1952}} – Mertens's earth snake *''Geophis godmani'' {{small|Boulenger, 1894}} – Godman's earth snake *''Geophis hoffmanni'' {{small|(W. Peters, 1859)}} – Hoffmann's earth snake *''Geophis immaculatus'' {{small|Downs, 1967}} – Downs's earth snake *''Geophis incomptus'' {{small|Duellman, 1959}} – Sierra Coalcoman earth snake' *''Geophis isthmicus'' {{small|(Boulenger, 1894)}} – isthmian earth snake *''Geophis juarezi'' {{small|Nieto-Montes de Oca, 2003}} – Benito Juarez's earth snake *''Geophis juliai'' {{small|Pérez-Higareda, H.M. Smith & López-Luna, 2001}} – Zurtuche's earth snake *''Geophis laticinctus'' {{small|H.M. Smith & K.L. Williams, 1963}} – Mesa Central earth snake *''Geophis laticollaris'' {{small|H.M. Smith, Lynch & Altig, 1965}} – widecollar earth snake *''Geophis latifrontalis'' {{small|Garman, 1883}} – Potosí earth snake *''Geophis lorancai'' {{small|Canseco-Márquez, Pavón-Vázquez, López-Luna & Nieto-Montes de Oca, 2016}} *''Geophis maculiferus'' {{small|Taylor, 1941}} – Michoacán earth snake *''Geophis mutitorques'' {{small|(Cope, 1885)}} – highland earth snake *''Geophis nasalis'' {{small|(Cope, 1868)}} – coffee earth snake *''Geophis nephodrymus'' {{small|Townsend & Wilson, 2006}} *''Geophis nigroalbus'' {{small|Boulenger, 1908}} – Colombian earth snake *''Geophis nigrocinctus'' {{small|Duellman, 1959}} – black-banded earth snake *''Geophis occabus'' {{small|Pavón-Vázquez, García-Vázquez, Blancas-Hernández & Nieto-Montes de Oca, 2011}} *''Geophis omiltemanus'' {{small|Günther, 1893}} – Guerreran earth snake *''Geophis petersii'' {{small|Boulenger, 1894}} – Peters's earth snake *''Geophis pyburni'' {{small|Campbell & Murphy, 1977}} – Pyburn's earth snake *''Geophis rhodogaster'' {{small|(Cope, 1868)}} – rosebelly earth snake *''Geophis rostralis'' {{small|(Jan, 1865)}} –Sierra Madre earth snake *''Geophis ruthveni'' {{small|F. Werner, 1925}} – Ruthven's earth snake *''Geophis sallaei'' {{small|Boulenger, 1894}} – Sallae's earth snake *''Geophis sanniolus'' {{small|Cope, 1863}} – pygmy snail sucker *''Geophis sartorii'' {{small|Cope, 1863}} – terrestrial snail sucker *''Geophis semidoliatus'' {{small|(A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854)}} – coral earth snake *''Geophis sieboldi'' {{small|(Jan, 1862)}} – Siebold's earth snake *''Geophis talamancae'' {{small|Lips & Savage, 1994}} *''Geophis tarascae'' {{small|Hartweg, 1959}} – Tarascan earth snake *''Geophis tectus'' {{small|Savage & J.I. Watling, 2008}} *''Geophis turbidus'' {{small|Pavón-Vázquez, Canseco-Márquez & Nieto-Montes de Oca, 2013}} *''Geophis zeledoni'' {{small|Taylor, 1954}}
''Nota bene'': A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Geophis''.
==References== {{Reflist}}
==Further reading== {{Wikispecies}} *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.
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Category:Geophis Category:Snake genera Category:Taxa named by Johann Georg Wagler