Adelphicos

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Kingdom Animalia Family Colubridae Scientific name Adelphicos Higher classification Xenodontinae Order Scaled reptiles		Suborder Serpentes Subfamily Dipsadinae Phylum Chordata Rank Genus

Lower classifications Middle American burrowin, Dary's burrowing snake

The genus Adelphicos consists of six species of New World burrowing snakes.

Geographic range

Species of the genus Adelphicos can be found in the Central American subcontinent, mostly in Mexico, Belize, and Guatemala.

Adelphicos daryi Campbell & Ford, 1982 – Dary's burrowing snake

Adelphicos ibarrorum Campbell & Brodie III, 1988 – Ibarras' burrowing snake

Adelphicos latifasciatum J.D. Lynch & H.M. Smith, 1966 – Oaxaca burrowing snake

Adelphicos nigrilatus H.M. Smith, 1942 – Chiapas burrowing snake

Adelphicos quadrivirgatus Jan, 1862 – Middle American burrowing snake

A. q. newmanorum Taylor, 1950 – Newmans' earth snake

A. q. quadrivirgatus Jan, 1862 – Jan's earth snake

A. q. sargii (Fischer, 1885) – Sargi's earth snake

A. q. visoninus (Cope, 1866) – Cope's earth snake

Adelphicos veraepacis Stuart, 1941 - Stuart's burrowing snake

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