Middle American burrowing snake

Middle American burrowing snake
Adelphicos quadrivirgatus quadrivirgatus
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Subfamily:	Dipsadinae
Genus:	Adelphicos
Species:	A. quadrivirgatus
Binomial name
Adelphicos quadrivirgatus Jan, 1862
Synonyms
Adelphicos quadrivirgatum Jan, 1865 Adelphicos visonius Cope, 1866 Adelphicus [sic] quadrivirgatus Cope, 1877 Adelphicos quadrivirgatum MacCranie, 2005

The Middle American burrowing snake (Adelphicos quadrivirgatus) is a species of dipsadine colubrid snake, endemic to Mexico and Central America.^[1]

Subspecies

• Newman's earth snake, A. q. newmanorum Taylor, 1950
• Jan's earth snake, A. q. quadrivirgatus Jan, 1862
• Sargi's earth snake, A. q. sargii (Fischer, 1885)
• Cope's earth snake, A. q. visoninus (Cope, 1866)

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References

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

External links

• Media related to Adelphicos quadrivirgatus at Wikimedia Commons