Adelphicos quadrivirgatus

Taxobox
name = Middle American Burrowing Snake
status = DD
status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
subordo = Serpentes
familia = Colubridae
subfamilia = Xenodontinae
genus = "Adelphicos"
species = "A. quadrivirgatus"
binomial = "Adelphicos quadrivirgatus"
binomial_authority = Jan, 1862
synonyms = "Adelphicos quadrivirgatum"
"Adelphicos visonius"
"Adelphicus quadrivirgatus"

The Middle American Burrowing Snake is a species of snake belonging to the "Adelphicos" genus common to Mexico and the Central American continent. [ [http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/show_species_details.php?record_id=1279135 2007 Catalogue of Life] ]

Subspecies

* Newman's Earth Snake, "Adelphicos quadrivirgatus newmanorum" (Taylor, 1950)
* Jan's Earth Snake, "Adelphicos quadrivirgatus quadrivirgatus" (Jan, 1862)
* Sargi's Earth Snake, "Adelphicos quadrivirgatus sargii" (Fischer, 1885)
* Cope's Earth Snake, "Adelphicos quadrivirgatus visoninus" (Cope, 1866) [ [http://www.mexico-herps.com/category/serpentes/adelphicos/ Mexico Herpetology] ]

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