Geophis 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.
The following 49 species are recognized as being valid.
Geophis anocularis Dunn , 1920culebra minera de Sierra Mije Geophis betaniensis J.H. Restrepo & J.W. Wright, 1987 Geophis bellus Myers, 2003 Geophis bicolor Günther, 1868 - culebra minera del Altiplano Geophis blanchardi Taylor & H.M. Smith, 1939culebra minera de Blanchard Geophis brachycephalus (Cope , 1871) Geophis cancellatus H.M. Smith, 1941 - culebra minera de Chiapas Geophis carinosus L.C. Stuart, 1941 - culebra minera aquillada Geophis chalybeus (Wagler , 1830) - culebra minera veracruzana Geophis championi Boulenger , 1894Geophis damiani Wilson, McCranie & K.L. Williams Geophis downsi Savage, 1981 Geophis dubius (W. Peters, 1861) - culebra minera de la Mesa del Sur Geophis duellmani H.M. Smith & Holland, 1969 - culebra minera de Sierra de Juárez Geophis dugesii Bocourt , 1883culebra minera de Chihuahua Geophis dunni K.P. Schmidt, 1932 Geophis fulvoguttatus Mertens , 1952Geophis godmani Boulenger , 1894Geophis hoffmanni (W. 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 juarezi Nieto-Montes de Oca, 2003 Geophis juliai Pérez-Higareda, H.M. Smith & López-Luna, 2001 Geophis laticinctus H.M. Smith & K.L. Williams, 1963 - culebra minera de la Mesa Central Geophis laticollaris H.M. Smith, Lynch & Altig, 1965 Geophis latifrontalis Garman , 1883culebra 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 nephodrymus Townsend & Wilson, 2006 Geophis nigroalbus Boulenger, 1908 Geophis nigrocinctus Duellman, 1959 - culebra minera rayas negras Geophis occabus Pavón-Vázquez et al., 2011 Geophis omiltemanus Günther, 1893 - culebra minera guerrerense Geophis petersii Boulenger, 1894 Geophis pyburni Campbell & Murphy, 1977culebra minadora de Pyburn Geophis rhodogaster (Cope, 1868) Geophis rostralis (Jan , 1865) Geophis russatus H.M. Smith & K.L. Williams, 1966 - culebra minadora roja Geophis ruthveni F. Werner, 1925 Geophis sallaei Boulenger, 1894 - culebra minadora de Sallé Geophis semidoliatus (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854) - culebra minadora coralillo Geophis sieboldi (Jan, 1862) - culebra minadora de Siebold Geophis talamancae Lips & Savage, 1994 Geophis tarascae Hartweg , 1959culebra minadora tarasca Geophis tectus Savage & J.I. Watling, 2008 Geophis turbidus Pavón-Vázquez et al., 2013 Geophis zeledoni Taylor, 1954 Nota bene binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Geophis .
