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 – western snail-eating snake
Geophis anocularis – Sierra Mije earth snake
Geophis bellus
Geophis berillus
Geophis betaniensis – Betanien earth snake
Geophis bicolor – Mexican plateau earth snake
Geophis blanchardi – Blanchard's earth snake
Geophis brachycephalus – Costa Rican earth snake
Geophis cancellatus – Chiapas earth snake
Geophis cansecoi
Geophis carinosus – keeled earth snake
Geophis chalybeus – Veracruz earth snake
Geophis championi – Panamenian earth snake
Geophis damiani
Geophis downsi – Down's earth snake, Savage's earth snake
Geophis dubius – Mesa del Sur earth snake
Geophis duellmani – Sierra Juarez earth snake
Geophis dugesii – Dugès's earth snake
Geophis dunni – Dunn's earth snake
Geophis fulvoguttatus – Mertens's earth snake
Geophis godmani – Godman's earth snake
Geophis hoffmanni – Hoffmann's earth snake
Geophis immaculatus – Downs's earth snake
Geophis incomptus – Sierra Coalcoman earth snake'
Geophis isthmicus – isthmian earth snake
Geophis juarezi – Benito Juarez's earth snake
Geophis juliai – Zurtuche's earth snake
Geophis laticinctus – Mesa Central earth snake
Geophis laticollaris – widecollar earth snake
Geophis latifrontalis – Potosí earth snake
Geophis lorancai
Geophis maculiferus – Michoacán earth snake
Geophis mutitorques – highland earth snake
Geophis nasalis – coffee earth snake
Geophis nephodrymus
Geophis nigroalbus – Colombian earth snake
Geophis nigrocinctus – black-banded earth snake
Geophis occabus
Geophis omiltemanus – Guerreran earth snake
Geophis petersii – Peters's earth snake
Geophis pyburni – Pyburn's earth snake
Geophis rhodogaster – rosebelly earth snake
Geophis rostralis –Sierra Madre earth snake
Geophis ruthveni – Ruthven's earth snake
Geophis sallaei – Sallae's earth snake
Geophis sanniolus – pygmy snail sucker
Geophis sartorii – terrestrial snail sucker
Geophis semidoliatus – coral earth snake
Geophis sieboldi – Siebold's earth snake
Geophis talamancae
Geophis tarascae – Tarascan earth snake
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.
Geophis
Snake genera
Taxa named by Johann Georg Wagler