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Middle American burrowing snake

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Colubridae

Scientific name
  
Adelphicos quadrivirgatus

Higher classification
  
Adelphicos

Order
  
Scaled reptiles

Suborder
  
Serpentes

Genus
  
Adelphicos

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
Adelphicos, Snake, Colubridae, Reptile, Adelphicos nigrilatum

The Middle American burrowing snake (Adelphicos quadrivirgatum) is a species of dipsadine colubrid snake, endemic to Mexico and Central America.

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Subspecies

Four subspecies, including the nominotypical subspecies, are recognized as being valid.

  • 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.

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

    References

    Middle American burrowing snake Wikipedia
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