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Geophis  Wagler, 1830
Taxonomic Serial No.: 585662

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s):    
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2017   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassReptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles  
                         OrderSquamata Oppel, 1811 – Amphisbaenians, Lizards, Snakes, amphisbènes, lézards, serpents  
                            SuborderSerpentes Linnaeus, 1758 – Snakes, cobra, serpente, serpents  
                               InfraorderAlethinophidia Nopcsa, 1923  
                                  FamilyColubridae Oppel, 1811 – Colubrids, Typical Snakes  
                                     SubfamilyDipsadinae Bonaparte, 1838  
                                        GenusGeophis Wagler, 1830  
    Direct Children:  
                                           SpeciesGeophis anocularis Dunn, 1920 – Culebra-minera de Sierra Mije, Sierra Mije Earth Snake 
                                           SpeciesGeophis bellus Myers, 2003  
                                           SpeciesGeophis betaniensis Restrepo and Wright, 1987 – Betanien Earth Snake 
                                           SpeciesGeophis bicolor Günther, 1868 – Culebra-minera del Altiplano, Mexican Plateau Earth Snake 
                                           SpeciesGeophis blanchardi Taylor and H. M. Smith, 1939 – Culebra-minera de Blanchard, Blanchard's Earth Snake 
                                           SpeciesGeophis brachycephalus (Cope, 1871) – Colombian Earth Snake 
                                           SpeciesGeophis cancellatus H. M. Smith, 1941 – Culebra-minera de Chiapas, Chiapas Earth Snake 
                                           SpeciesGeophis carinosus Stuart, 1941 – Culebra-minera aquillada, Keeled Earth Snake 
                                           SpeciesGeophis chalybeus (Wagler, 1830) – Culebra-minera veracruzana, Veracruz Earth Snake 
                                           SpeciesGeophis championi Boulenger, 1894 – Panamenian Earth Snake 
                                           SpeciesGeophis damiani Wilson, McCranie and Williams, 1998  
                                           SpeciesGeophis downsi Savage, 1981 – Savage's Earth Snake 
                                           SpeciesGeophis dubius (Peters, 1861) – Culebra-minera de la Mesa del Sur, Mesa del Sur Earth Snake 
                                           SpeciesGeophis duellmani H. M. Smith and Holland, 1969 – Culebra-minera de Sierra de Juárez, Sierra Juarez Earth Snake 
                                           SpeciesGeophis dugesii Bocourt, 1883 – Dugès' Earth Snake 
                                           SpeciesGeophis dunni Schmidt, 1932 – Dunn's Earth Snake 
                                           SpeciesGeophis fulvoguttatus Mertens, 1952 – Mertens' Earth Snake 
                                           SpeciesGeophis godmani Boulenger, 1894 – Godman's Earth Snake 
                                           SpeciesGeophis hoffmanni (Peters, 1859) – Hoffmann's Earth Snake 
                                           SpeciesGeophis immaculatus Downs, 1967 – Culebra-minera inmaculada, Downs' Earth Snake 
                                           SpeciesGeophis incomptus Duellman, 1959 – Culebra-minera de Sierra Coacolman, Sierra Coalcoman Earth Snake 
                                           SpeciesGeophis isthmicus (Boulenger, 1894) – Culebra-minera de Tehuantepec, Isthmian Earth Snake 
                                           SpeciesGeophis juarezi Nieto-Montes de Oca, 2003  
                                           SpeciesGeophis juliai Pérez-Higareda, H. M. Smith and López-Luna, 2001  
                                           SpeciesGeophis laticinctus H. M. Smith and Williams, 1963 – Culebra-minera de la Mesa Central, Mesa Central Earth Snake 
                                           SpeciesGeophis laticollaris H. M. Smith, Lynch and Altig, 1965 – Widecollar Earth Snake 
                                           SpeciesGeophis latifrontalis Garman, 1883 – Culebra-minera potosina, Potosí Earth Snake 
                                           SpeciesGeophis lorancai Canesco-Márquez, Pavón-Vázquez, López-Luna and Nieto-Mondes de Oca, 2016  
                                           SpeciesGeophis maculiferus Taylor, 1941 – Culebra-minera michoacana, Michoacán Earth Snake 
                                           SpeciesGeophis mutitorques (Cope, 1885) – Culebra-minera de tierras altas, Highland Earth Snake 
                                           SpeciesGeophis nasalis (Cope, 1868) – culeba-minera del café, Coffee Earth Snake 
                                           SpeciesGeophis nephodrymus Townsend and Wilson, 2006  
                                           SpeciesGeophis nigroalbus Boulenger, 1908  
                                           SpeciesGeophis nigrocinctus Duellman, 1959 – Culebra-minera rayas negras, Black-banded Earth Snake 
                                           SpeciesGeophis occabus Pavón-Vázquez, García-Vázquez, Blancas-Hernández and Nieto-Montes de Oca, 2011  
                                           SpeciesGeophis omiltemanus Günther, 1893 – Culebra-minera guerrerense, Guerreran Earth Snake 
                                           SpeciesGeophis petersii Boulenger, 1894 – Peters' Earth Snake 
                                           SpeciesGeophis pyburni Campbell and Murphy, 1977 – Culebra-minadora de Pyburn, Pyburn's Earth Snake 
                                           SpeciesGeophis rhodogaster (Cope, 1868) – Rosebelly Earth Snake 
                                           SpeciesGeophis rostralis (Jan, 1865)  
                                           SpeciesGeophis russatus H. M. Smith and Williams, 1966 – Culebra-minadora roja, Red Earth Snake 
                                           SpeciesGeophis ruthveni Werner, 1925 – Ruthven's Earth Snake 
                                           SpeciesGeophis sallaei Boulenger, 1894 – Culebra-minadora de Salle, Sallae's Earth Snake 
                                           SpeciesGeophis semidoliatus (A. M. C. Duméril, Bibron and A. H. A. Duméril, 1854) – Culebra-minadora coralillo, Coral Earth Snake 
                                           SpeciesGeophis sieboldi (Jan, 1862) – Culebra-miandora de Siebold, Siebold's Earth Snake 
                                           SpeciesGeophis talamancae Lips and Savage, 1994  
                                           SpeciesGeophis tarascae Hartweg, 1959 – Culebra-miandora tarasca, Tarascan Earth Snake 
                                           SpeciesGeophis tectus Savage and Watling, 2008  
                                           SpeciesGeophis turbidus Pavón-Vázquez, Canseco-Márquez and Nieto-Montes de Oca, 2013  
                                           SpeciesGeophis zeledoni Taylor, 1954  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Roy W. McDiarmid   
  Notes: U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center   
  Reference for: Geophis    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad, database (version undefined)  
  Acquired: 2000   
  Notes: CONABIO: (http://www.conabio.gob.mx/)   
  Reference for: Geophis   
       
  Source: Snake Species of the World, vol. undetermined, manuscript (version 2004)  
  Acquired: 2004   
  Notes: Working manuscript of follow-up volumes to McDiarmid et al. (1999), "Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1"   
  Reference for: Geophis   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Flores-Villela, Oscar / McCoy, C. J., ed.   
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title: Herpetofauna Mexicana: Lista anotada de las especies de anfibios y reptiles de México, cambios taxonómicos recientes, y nuevas especies   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication, no. 17   
  Page(s): iv + 73   
  Publisher: Carnegie Museum of Natural History   
  Publication Place: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-911239-42-1   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Geophis   
       

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