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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classSquamata
  4. ›familyColubridae
  5. ›genusGeophis
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IUCN LC · Least concern

Colombian Earth Snake

Geophis brachycephalus (Cope, 1871)

Also calledColubro terricolo costaricano (ita) · Culebra de Tierra Costarricense (spa) · Korthovedet Jordsnog (dan) · culebra de tierra cabezona (spa) · Кордильерский геофис (rus)

First described in: Cope, E. D. Ninth contribution to the herpetology of tropical America.

This species is catalogued but little written about: there is no encyclopaedia article for it yet. What the world knows is in its records below and in the literature linked under “In the stacks”.

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2453681.