Adelphicos newmanorum

Adelphicos newmanorum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Adelphicos
Species:	A. newmanorum
Binomial name
Adelphicos newmanorum Taylor, 1950
Synonyms [1]
Adelphicos quadrivirgatum newmanorumTaylor, 1950

Adelphicos newmanorum, also known commonly as the Middle American burrowing snake ^{[1] [2]} , Newmans' earth snake, ^[3] and la zacatera roja ^[1] in Mexican Spanish, is a species of snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Mexico ^{[1] [2]} and known from the Mexican states of Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, and Tamaulipas. ^[1]

Etymology

Adelphicos newmanorum is named in honor of American zoologist Robert J. Newman and his wife Marcella Newman. ^[4]

Appearance

Adelphicos newmanorum is reddish-brown dorsally, and white ventrally. It is a small snake, average-sized for its genus. ^[1]

References

1. Adelphicos newmanorum at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 21 September 2023.
2. "Adelphicos newmanorum Taylor, 1950". Global Biodiversity Information Facility . Retrieved 21 September 2023.
3. "Newmans' Earth Snake (Adelphicos newmanorum)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
4. 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).

Further reading

• Heimes, P. (2016). Snakes of Mexico: Herpetofauna Mexicana Vol. I. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Edition Chimaira. ISBN   978-3899731002. 572 pp. ("Adelphicos quadrivirgatus [sic] newmanorum", p. 204).
• Johnson, J.D.; Wilson, L.D.; Mata-Silva, V.; García-Padilla, E.; DeSantis, D.L. (2017). "The endemic herpetofauna of Mexico: organisms of global significance in severe peril". Mesoamerican Herpetology. 4 (3): 544–620.
• Lemos-Espinal, J.A.; Smith, G.R.; Cruz, A. (2016). "Amphibians and Reptiles of the state of Nuevo León, Mexico". ZooKeys. 594: 123–141.
• Taylor, E.H. (1950). "Second Contribution to the Herpetology of San Luis Potosí". University of Kansas Science Bulletin. 33 (2): 441–457. (Adelphicos newmanorum, new species, pp. 443–445, Plate 4, Figure 1).