Adelphicos

Adelphicos
Adelphicos quadrivirgatus quadrivirgatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Subfamily:	Dipsadinae
Genus:	Adelphicos Jan, 1862

The genus Adelphicos consists of six species of burrowing snake.

Geographic range

These snakes can be found in the Central American subcontinent, mostly in Mexico, Belize, and Guatemala.

Species

• Dary's burrowing snake, Adelphicos daryi Campbell & Ford, 1982
• Adelphicos ibarrorum Campbell & Brodie, 1988
• Oaxaca burrowing snake, Adelphicos latifasciatum Lynch & Smith, 1966
• Chiapas burrowing snake, Adelphicos nigrilatus Smith, 1942
• Middle American burrowing snake, Adelphicos quadrivirgatus Jan, 1862
  • Newman's earth snake, A. q. newmanorum Taylor, 1950
  • Jan's earth snake, A. q. quadrivirgatus Jan, 1862
  • Sargi's earth snake, A. q. sargii (Fischer, 1885)
  • Cope's earth snake, A. q. visoninus (Cope, 1866)
• Guatemala burrowing snake, Adelphicos veraepacis Stuart, 1941