Geophis

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Geophis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Xenodontinae
Genus: Geophis
Wagler, 1830

Geophis is a genus of colubrid snakes that belong to the Xenodontinae subfamily and are typically referred to as Latin American earth snakes (Spanish: culebra minera or culebra minadora). The genus consists of over forty distinct species.[1]

Species

  • Geophis anocularis (Dunn, 1920) - culebra minera de Sierra Mije
  • Geophis betaniensis (Restrepo & Wright, 1987)
  • Geophis bicolor (Günther, 1868) - culebra minera del Altiplano
  • Geophis blanchardi (Taylor & H.M. Smith, 1939) - culebra minera de Blanchard
  • Geophis brachycephalus (Cope, 1871)
  • Geophis cancellatus (H.M. Smith, 1941) - culebra minera de Chiapas
  • Geophis carinosus Stuart, 1941 - culebra minera aquillada
  • Geophis chalybeus (Wagler, 1830) - culebra minera veracruzana
  • Geophis championi Boulenger, 1894
  • Geophis downsi Savage, 1981
  • Geophis dubius (Peters, 1861) - culebra minera de la Mesa del Sur
  • Geophis duellmani H.M. Smith & Holland, 1969 - culebra minera de Sierra de Juárez
  • Geophis dugesi Bocourt, 1883 - culebra minera de Chihuahua
  • Geophis dugesii Bocourt, 1883
  • Geophis dunni Schmidt, 1932
  • Geophis fulvoguttatus Mertens, 1952
  • Geophis godmani Boulenger, 1894
  • Geophis hoffmanni (Peters, 1859)
  • Geophis immaculatus Downs, 1967 - culebra minera inmaculada
  • Geophis incomptus Duellman, 1959 - culebra minera de Sierra Coacolman
  • Geophis isthmicus (Boulenger, 1894) - culebra minera de Tehuantepec
  • Geophis laticinctus H.M. Smith & Williams, 1963 - culebra minera de la Mesa Central
  • Geophis laticollaris H.M. Smith, Lynch & Altig, 1965
  • Geophis latifrontalis Garman, 1883 - culebra minera potosina
  • Geophis maculiferus Taylor, 1941 - culebra minera michoacana
  • Geophis mutitorques (Cope, 1885) - culebra minera de tierras altas
  • Geophis nasalis (Cope, 1868) - culeba minera del café
  • Geophis nigroalbus Boulenger, 1908
  • Geophis nigrocinctus Duellman, 1959 - culebra minera rayas negras
  • Geophis omiltemanus Günther, 1893 - culebra minera guerrerense
  • Geophis petersii Boulenger, 1894
  • Geophis pyburni Campbell & Murphy, 1977 - culebra minadora de Pyburn
  • Geophis rhodogaster (Cope, 1868)
  • Geophis rostralis (Jan, 1865)
  • Geophis russatus H.M. Smith & Williams, 1966 - culebra minadora roja
  • Geophis ruthveni Werner, 1925
  • Geophis sallaei Boulenger, 1894 - culebra minadora de Sallé
  • Geophis semidoliatus (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854) - culebra minadora coralillo
  • Geophis sieboldi (Jan, 1862) - culebra minadora de Siebold
  • Geophis tarascae Hartweg, 1959 - culebra minadora tarasca
  • Geophis zeledoni Taylor, 1954

References

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