Middle American burrowing snake
| Middle American burrowing snake | |
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| Adelphicos quadrivirgatum quadrivirgatum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Dipsadinae |
| Genus: | Adelphicos |
| Species: | A. quadrivirgatum |
| Binomial name | |
| Adelphicos quadrivirgatum Jan, 1862 | |
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| Synonyms[2] | |
The Middle American burrowing snake (Adelphicos quadrivirgatum) is a species of dipsadine colubrid snake, endemic to Mexico and Central America.[3]
Subspecies
Four subspecies, including the nominotypical subspecies, are recognized as being valid.[4]
- Newmans' earth snake, A. q. newmanorum Taylor, 1950
- Jan's earth snake, A. q. quadrivirgatum Jan, 1862
- Sargi's earth snake, A. q. sargii (Fischer, 1885)
- Cope's earth snake, A. q. visoninus (Cope, 1866)
Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Adelphicos.
Etymology
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]
References
- ↑ Sunyer J, Ariano-Sánchez D, Flores-Villela O, Luque I (2013). "Adelphicos quadrivirgatum ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
- ↑ "Adelphicos quadrivirgatum ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ 2007 Catalogue of Life.
- ↑ Mexico Herpetology.
- 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).
Further reading
- 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).
- 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).
External links
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