Adelphicos

Adelphicos
	Adelphicos quadrivirgatum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Subfamily:	Dipsadinae
Genus:	Adelphicos ; Jan, 1862

Last updated February 04, 2025

Adelphicos is a genus of New World burrowing snakes in the family Colubridae. The genus consists of nine species.^[1]

Geographic range

Species of the genus Adelphicos can be found in Mexico and northern Central America (Belize and Guatemala).^[2]

Species

There are nine species which are recognized as being valid.^[1]^[3]

Adelphicos daryi Campbell & Ford, 1982 – Dary's burrowing snake^[2]
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 – Middle American burrowing snake
Adelphicos nigrilatum H.M. Smith, 1942 – 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) – Middle American burrowing snake

Etymology

The generic name comes from the Greek "adelphikos," meaning "brotherly."^[4]

The specific name, newmanorum (Latin, genitive, plural), is in honor of American zoologist Robert J. Newman and his wife Marcella Newman.^[5]

The specific name, sargii (Latin, genitive, singular), is in honor of Franz Sarg (1840–1920) who served as German Consul in Guatemala.^[5]

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References

1 2 Adelphicos at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 22 May 2022.
1 2 Campbell, Jonathan A.; Ford, Linda S. (1982). "Phylogenetic relationships of the colubrid snakes of the genus Adelphicos in the highlands of Middle America". Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas. 100: 1–22.
↑ Mexico Herpetology Archived 2007-09-13 at the Wayback Machine
↑ LaDuc, Travis J. (1995). "The Nomenclatural Status and Gender of Adelphicos". Journal of Herpetology. 29 (1): 141–142. doi:10.2307/1565102. ISSN 0022-1511.
1 2 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).