Adelphicos quadrivirgatum
| Middle American burrowing snake | |
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| Adelphicos quadrivirgatum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Adelphicos |
| Species: | A. quadrivirgatum
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| Binomial name | |
| Adelphicos quadrivirgatum Jan, 1862
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| Synonyms[2][3] | |
The Middle American burrowing snake (Adelphicos quadrivirgatum) is a species of dipsadine colubrid snake, endemic to Mexico and Central America.[4]
Geographic range
A. quadrivirgatum is found in Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and in the Mexican states of Chiapas, Hidalgo, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, and Tamaulipas.[3]
Description
A. quadrivirgatum is a small snake. Adult females may attain a total length of 36.5 cm (14.4 in), which includes a tail 5.5 cm (2.2 in) long. Dorsally, it is pale reddish brown, with four or five blackish narrow stripes. Ventrally, it is whitish with a brown stripe along the middle of the tail.[2]
Diet
A. quadrivirgatum preys mainly on earthworms.[3]
Reproduction
A. quadrivirgatum is oviparous.[3]
References
- ^ Sunyer J, Ariano-Sánchez D, Flores-Villela O, Luque I (2013). "Adelphicos quadrivirgatum ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2013: e.T63731A3128444. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T63731A3128444.en. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
- ^ a b Boulenger (1894).
- ^ a b c d Species Adelphicos quadrivirgatum at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ 2007 Catalogue of Life.[dead link]
Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1894). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xi + 382 pp. + Plates I-XX. (Atractus quadrivirgatus, pp. 312–313).
- Heimes, Peter (2016). Snakes of Mexico: Herpetofauna Mexicana Vol. I. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Edition Chimaira. 572 pp. ISBN 978-3899731002.
- Jan G (1862). "Enumerazione sistematico delle specie d'ofidi del gruppo Calamaridae ". Archivio per la Zoologia l'Anatomia e la Fisiologia 2: 1-76. (Adelphicos quadrivirgatum, new species, p. 19). (in Italian).
- McCranie JR (2015). "A checklist of the amphibians and reptiles of Honduras, with additions, comments on taxonomy, some recent taxonomic decisions, and areas of further studies needed". Zootaxa 3931 (3): 352-386.
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