Adelphicos latifasciatum

Oaxaca burrowing snake
Conservation status
Data Deficient (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Sauropsida
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Colubridae
Subfamily:	Xenodontinae
Genus:	Adelphicos Lynch & Smith, 1966
Species:	A. latifasciatum
Binomial name
Adelphicos latifasciatum
Synonyms
Adelphicos latifasciatus Lynch & Smith, 1966

Oaxaca burrowing snake (Adelphicos latifasciatum) is a colubrid snake described by Lynch and Smith in 1966.

The Oaxaca burrowing snake lives in the humus of the pine and cloud forests of the Sierra de los Chimalapas and Cerro Baúl in Oaxaca and western Chiapas, Mexico. It is protected by law in Mexico and also inhabits the La Sepultura Biosphere Reserve and protected forests in Los Chimalapas.

The Oaxaca burrowing snake's biggest threats to survival include forest fires and deforestation.

References

{{reflist}= Flores-Villela, O., Canseco-Márquez, L. & Muñoz-Alonso, A. 2007. Adelphicos latifasciatum. In: IUCN 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 23 April 2008.