Adelphicos

Adelphicos
Adelphicos quadrivirgatus quadrivirgatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Subfamily:	Dipsadinae
Genus:	Adelphicos Jan, 1862

The genus Adelphicos consists of six species of New World burrowing snakes.

Geographic range

Species of the genus Adelphicos can be found in the Central American subcontinent, mostly in Mexico, Belize, and Guatemala.^[1]

Species and subspecies

• Adelphicos daryi Campbell & Ford, 1982 – Dary's burrowing snake
• Adelphicos ibarrorum Campbell & Brodie III, 1988 – Ibarras' burrowing snake
• Adelphicos latifasciatum J.D. Lynch & H.M. Smith, 1966 – Oaxaca burrowing snake
• Adelphicos nigrilatus H.M. Smith, 1942 – Chiapas burrowing snake
• Adelphicos quadrivirgatus Jan, 1862 – Middle American burrowing snake
  • A. q. newmanorum Taylor, 1950 – Newmans' earth snake
  • A. q. quadrivirgatus Jan, 1862 – Jan's earth snake
  • A. q. sargii (Fischer, 1885) – Sargi's earth snake
  • A. q. visoninus (Cope, 1866) – Cope's earth snake
• Adelphicos veraepacis Stuart, 1941 - Stuart's burrowing snake

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References

1. Catalogue of Life
2. Mexico Herpetology