# Geophis

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.
* Geophis annuliferus Boulenger, 1894 – western snail-eating snake
* Geophis anocularis Dunn, 1920 – Sierra Mije earth snake
* Geophis bellus Myers, 2003
* Geophis berillus Barragán-Reséndiz, Pavón-Vázquez, Cervantes-Burgos, Trujano-Ortego, Canseco-Márquez & García-Vázquez, 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.