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, 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

[2] [3]

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

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).