Adelphicos
The genus Adelphicos consists of nine species of New World burrowing snakes.[1]
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| Adelphicos quadrivirgatum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Dipsadinae |
| Genus: | Adelphicos Jan, 1862 |
Geographic range
Species of the genus Adelphicos can be found in the Central American subcontinent, mostly in Mexico, Belize, and Guatemala.[2]
Species
- 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 newmanorum Taylor, 1950 – Newmans' earth snake
- Adelphicos nigrilatum H.M. Smith, 1942 – Chiapas burrowing snake
- Adelphicos quadrivirgatum Jan, 1862 – Middle American burrowing snake
- Adelphicos sargii (Fischer, 1885) – Sargi's earth snake
- Adelphicos veraepacis Stuart, 1941 - Stuart's burrowing snake
- Adelphicos visoninum (Cope, 1866) – Cope's earth snake
Etymology
The specific name, newmanorum (Latin, genitive, plural), is in honor of American zoologist Robert J. Newman and his wife Marcella Newman.[4]
The specific name, sargii (Latin, genitive, singular), is in honor of Franz Sarg (1840–1920) who served as German Consul in Guatemala.[4]
References
- Adelphicos at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 16 November 2017.
- Catalogue of Life
- Mexico Herpetology Archived 2007-09-13 at the Wayback Machine
- Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Adelphicos quadrivirgatus newmanorum, p. 189; A. q. sargii, p. 233).
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