Geophis
| 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
The following 49 species are recognized as being valid.[2]
- Geophis anocularis Dunn, 1920 - culebra 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, 1939 - culebra 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, 1894
- Geophis 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, 1883 - culebra minera de Chihuahua
- Geophis dunni K.P. Schmidt, 1932
- Geophis fulvoguttatus Mertens, 1952
- Geophis godmani Boulenger, 1894
- Geophis 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, 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 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, 1977 - culebra 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, 1959 - culebra minadora tarasca
- Geophis tectus Savage & J.I. Watling, 2008
- Geophis turbidus Pavón-Vázquez et al., 2013
- Geophis zeledoni Taylor, 1954
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Geophis.
References
- ↑ "Geophis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 13 August 2007.
- ↑ "Geophis". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
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. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (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).
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