Latin American Earth Snakes
Geophis
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.
54 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 54 known species
Terrestrial Snail Sucker
speciesGeophis sartorii
Hoffmann's Earth Snake
speciesGeophis hoffmanni
Coral Earth Snake
speciesGeophis semidoliatus
Gray Earth Snake
speciesGeophis brachycephalus
Pygmy Snail Sucker
speciesGeophis sanniolus
Potosí Earth Snake
speciesGeophis latifrontalis
Highland Earth Snake
speciesGeophis mutitorques
Rosebelly Earth Snake
speciesGeophis rhodogaster
Dugès' Earth Snake
speciesGeophis dugesii
Black-tailed Worm Snake
speciesGeophis talamancae
Western Snail-Eating Snake
speciesGeophis annuliferus
Godman's Earth Snake
speciesGeophis godmani
Mesa del Sur Earth Snake
speciesGeophis dubius
Cloud Forest Earth Snake
speciesGeophis nephodrymus
Mexican Plateau Earth Snake
speciesGeophis bicolor
Coffee Earth Snake
speciesGeophis nasalis
Dark-bellied Worm Snake
speciesGeophis zeledoni
Peters' Earth Snake
speciesGeophis petersii
Colombian Earth Snake
speciesGeophis nigroalbus
Loranca's Earth Snake
speciesGeophis lorancai
Sallae's Earth Snake
speciesGeophis sallaei
Tarascan Earth Snake
speciesGeophis tarascae
Keeled Earth Snake
speciesGeophis carinosus
Geophis berillus
speciesGeophis berillus
Sierra Juarez Earth Snake
speciesGeophis duellmani
Ruthven's Earth Snake
speciesGeophis ruthveni
Widecollar Earth Snake
speciesGeophis laticollaris
Chiapas Earth Snake
speciesGeophis cancellatus
Altos de Pacora Earth Snake
speciesGeophis bellus
Black-banded Earth Snake
speciesGeophis nigrocinctus
Pyburn's Earth Snake
speciesGeophis pyburni
Sierra Mije Earth Snake
speciesGeophis anocularis
El Molote Earth Snake
speciesGeophis occabus
Mesa Central Earth Snake
speciesGeophis laticinctus
Savage's Earth Snake
speciesGeophis downsi
Guerreran Earth Snake
speciesGeophis omiltemanus
Honduran Red-banded Earth Snake
speciesGeophis damiani
Geophis cansecoi
speciesGeophis cansecoi
Downs' Earth Snake
speciesGeophis immaculatus
Puebla Earth Snake
speciesGeophis turbidus
Siebold's Earth Snake
speciesGeophis sieboldi
Mesa del Sur Earth Snake
speciesGeophis rostralis
Sierra Coalcoman Earth Snake
speciesGeophis incomptus
Blanchard's Earth Snake
speciesGeophis blanchardi
La Loma Earth Snake
speciesGeophis tectus
Zertuche's Earth Snake
speciesGeophis juliai
Mertens' Earth Snake
speciesGeophis fulvoguttatus
Veracruz Earth Snake
speciesGeophis chalybeus
Betanien Earth Snake
speciesGeophis betaniensis
Panamenian Earth Snake
speciesGeophis championi
Dunn's Earth Snake
speciesGeophis dunni
Michoacán Earth Snake
speciesGeophis maculiferus
Isthmian Earth Snake
speciesGeophis isthmicus
Sierra de Juárez Earth Snake
speciesGeophis juarezi
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 30015.