Adelphicos
Encyclopedia
The genus Adelphicos consists of six species of Burrowing Snake
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, Belize
, and Guatemala
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Burrowing Snake
Burrowing Snake may refer to:*Typhlops brongersmianus*Typhlops trinitatus...
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Geographic range
These snakes can be found in the Central American subcontinent, mostly in MexicoMexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
, Belize
Belize
Belize is a constitutional monarchy and the northernmost country in Central America. Belize has a diverse society, comprising many cultures and languages. Even though Kriol and Spanish are spoken among the population, Belize is the only country in Central America where English is the official...
, and Guatemala
Guatemala
Guatemala is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize to the northeast, the Caribbean to the east, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast...
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Species
- Dary's Burrowing Snake, Adelphicos daryiAdelphicos daryiDary's Burrowing Snake is a species of snake in the Colubridae family. It is endemic to Guatemala....
Campbell & Ford, 1982 - Adelphicos ibarrorum Campbell & Brodie, 1988
- Oaxaca Burrowing Snake, Adelphicos latifasciatus Lynch & Smith, 1966
- Chiapas Burrowing Snake, Adelphicos nigrilatus Smith, 1942
- Middle American Burrowing Snake, Adelphicos quadrivirgatusAdelphicos quadrivirgatusThe Middle American burrowing snake is a species of dipsadine colubrid snake.- Subspecies :* Newman's earth snake, Adelphicos quadrivirgatus newmanorum Taylor, 1950...
JanGiorgio JanGiorgio Jan was an Italian taxonomist, zoologist, botanist, herpetologist, and writer. He is also known as Georg Jan or Georges Jan....
, 1862- Newman's Earth Snake, A. q. newmanorum TaylorEdward Harrison TaylorEdward Harrison Taylor was an American herpetologist from Kansas.He was born in Maysville, Missouri and studied at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas, graduating with a B.A. in 1912. Subsequently, he went to the Philippines, where at first he held a teacher's post in a village in central...
, 1950 - Jan's Earth Snake, A. q. quadrivirgatus JanGiorgio JanGiorgio Jan was an Italian taxonomist, zoologist, botanist, herpetologist, and writer. He is also known as Georg Jan or Georges Jan....
, 1862 - Sargi's Earth Snake, A. q. sargii (Fischer, 1885)
- Cope's Earth Snake, A. q. visoninus (CopeEdward Drinker CopeEdward Drinker Cope was an American paleontologist and comparative anatomist, as well as a noted herpetologist and ichthyologist. Born to a wealthy Quaker family, Cope distinguished himself as a child prodigy interested in science; he published his first scientific paper at the age of nineteen...
, 1866)
- Newman's Earth Snake, A. q. newmanorum Taylor
- Guatemala Burrowing Snake, Adelphicos veraepacis Stuart, 1941