Adelphicos quadrivirgatum

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Middle American burrowing snake
Middle American Burrowing Snake (Adelphicos quadrivirgatus quadrivirgatus) anterior end.jpg
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Adelphicos
Species:
A. quadrivirgatum
Binomial name
Adelphicos quadrivirgatum
Jan, 1862
Synonyms [2]
  • Adelphicos quadrivirgatum
    Jan, 1862
  • Adelphicus [sic] quadrivirgatus
    Cope, 1877
  • Atractus quadrivirgatus
    Boulenger, 1894 [3]
  • Adelphicos quadrivirgatus
    Liner, 1994
  • Adelphicos quadrivirgatum
    McCranie  [ fr ] & Castañeda, 2005

Adelphicos quadrivirgatum, the Middle American burrowing snake, is a species of dipsadine colubrid snake, endemic to Mexico and Central America. [1] [2]

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Geographic range

A. quadrivirgatum is found in Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Mexico; [1] [2] 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. [2]

Habitat

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

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. [3]

Diet

A. quadrivirgatum preys mainly on earthworms. [2]

Reproduction

A. quadrivirgatum is oviparous. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 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.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Adelphicos quadrivirgatum at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  3. 1 2 Boulenger (1894).

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