Adelphicos

Taxobox
name = "Adelphicos"


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
subordo = Serpentes
familia = Colubridae
subfamilia = Xenodontinae
genus = "Adelphicos"
genus_authority = Jan, 1862

The genus "Adelphicos" consists of ten species of Burrowing Snake. These snakes can be found in the Central American continent, mostly in Mexico, Belize, and Guatemala. [http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/browse_taxa.php?path=0,1,1800,1991,1996,1997,2013,85026&selected_taxon=85026 Catalogue of Life] ]

Species

* Dary's Burrowing Snake, "Adelphicos daryi" (Campbell & Ford, 1982)
* "Adelphicos ibarrorum" (Campbell & Brodie, 1988/1989)
* Oaxaca Burrowing Snake, "Adelphicos latifasciatus" (Lynch & Smith, 1966)
* Chiapas Burrowing Snake, "Adelphicos nigrilatus" (Smith, 1942)
* Middle American Burrowing Snake, "Adelphicos quadrivirgatus" (Jan, 1862)
** Newman's Earth Snake, "A. q. newmanorum" (Taylor, 1950)
** Jan's Earth Snake, "A. q. quadrivirgatus" (Jan, 1862)
** Sargi's Earth Snake, "A. q. sargii" (Fischer, 1885)
** Cope's Earth Snake, "A. q. visoninus" (Cope, 1866)
* Guatemala Burrowing Snake, "Adelphicos veraepacis" (Stuart, 1941) [ [http://www.mexico-herps.com/category/serpentes/adelphicos/ Mexico Herpetology] ]

References