Adelphicos quadrivirgatus

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Middle American Burrowing Snake
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Xenodontinae
Genus: Adelphicos
Species: A. quadrivirgatus
Binomial name
Adelphicos quadrivirgatus
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. [1]

[edit] 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)

[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ 2007 Catalogue of Life
  2. ^ Mexico Herpetology