Adelphicos

The genus Adelphicos consists of nine species of New World burrowing snakes.[1]

Adelphicos
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, 1966Oaxaca burrowing snake
  • Adelphicos newmanorum Taylor, 1950 – Newmans' earth snake
  • Adelphicos nigrilatum H.M. Smith, 1942Chiapas 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

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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]

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References

  1. Adelphicos at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 16 November 2017.
  2. Catalogue of Life
  3. Mexico Herpetology Archived 2007-09-13 at the Wayback Machine
  4. 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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