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