Kingdom Animalia Class Reptilia Family Colubridae Rank Species | Phylum Chordata Order Squamata Genus Adelphicos | |
Similar Adelphicos nigrilatum, Adelphicos, Dary's burrowing snake, Middle American burrowin, Adelophis copei | ||
Stuart's burrowing snake (Adelphicos veraepacis) is a species of colubrid snake. It is endemic to the Guatemala, where it can be found in pine-oak and cloud forests on Sierra de las Minas, the Cuilco Mountains, Sierra de los Cuchumatanes and Sierra de Xucaneb, at elevations of 1,200–2,200 m. It is terrestrial, fossorial and mainly nocturnal. It is threatened by habitat loss from agriculture and the exportation of Chamaedaphne calyculata plants.
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