Adelphicos quadrivirgatum
| Middle American burrowing snake | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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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Adelphicos quadrivirgatum, the Middle American burrowing snake, is a species of dipsadine colubrid snake, endemic to Mexico and Central America.[1][3]
Geographic range
[edit]A. quadrivirgatum is found in Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Mexico;[1][3] in Mexico, its range extends southward from the states of Nuevo León and Tamaulipas[1] to San Luis Potosí, Veracruz, Querétaro, Hidalgo, Puebla, Oaxaca, and Chiapas.[3]
Habitat
[edit]A. quadrivirgatum inhabits tropical and subtropical wet and moist forest at elevations from sea level to 1,740 m (5,710 ft). It is often found beneath logs.[1]
Description
[edit]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
[edit]A. quadrivirgatum preys mainly on earthworms.[3]
Reproduction
[edit]A. quadrivirgatum is oviparous.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Sunyer, J.; Ariano-Sánchez, D.; Flores-Villela, O.; Luque, I. (2013). "Adelphicos quadrivirgatum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T63731A3128444. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T63731A3128444.en. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
- ^ a b Boulenger (1894).
- ^ a b c d e f Adelphicos quadrivirgatum at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
Further reading
[edit]- 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, James R. (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. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3931.3.2. PMID 25781832.
External links
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