Adelphicos Explained

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

Geographic range

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

Species

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

• Adelphicos daryi – Dary's burrowing snake
• Adelphicos ibarrorum – Ibarras' burrowing snake
• Adelphicos latifasciatum – Oaxaca burrowing snake
• Adelphicos newmanorum – Middle American burrowing snake
• Adelphicos nigrilatum – burrowing snake
• Adelphicos quadrivirgatum – Middle American burrowing snake
• Adelphicos sargii – Sargi's earth snake
• Adelphicos veraepacis – Stuart's burrowing snake
• Adelphicos visoninum – Middle American burrowing snake

Etymology

The specific name, newmanorum (Latin, genitive, plural), is in honor of American zoologist Robert J. Newman and his wife Marcella Newman.^[2]

The specific name, sargii (Latin, genitive, singular), is in honor of Franz Sarg (1840–1920) who served as German Consul in Guatemala.^[2]

Further reading

• Jan G (1862). "Enumerazione sistematica delle specie d' ofidi dell gruppo Calamaridae". Archivio per la Zoologia l'Anatomia e la Fisiologia 2: 1–76. (Adelphicos, new genus, pp. 18–19). (in Italian).

Notes and References

1. http://www.mexico-herps.com/category/serpentes/adelphicos/ Mexico Herpetology
2. [species:Bo Beolens|Beolens, Bo]