''Adelphicos'' is a

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burrowing snakes in the

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Colubridae Colubridae (, commonly known as colubrids , from la, coluber, 'snake') is a family of snakes. With 249 genera, it is the largest snake family. The earliest species of the family date back to the Oligocene epoch. Colubrid snakes are found on ev ...

. The genus consists of nine

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Geographic range

Species of the genus ''Adelphicos'' can be found in

Mexico Mexico ( Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guate ...

and northern

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Belize Belize (; bzj, Bileez) is a Caribbean and Central American country on the northeastern coast of Central America. It is bordered by Mexico to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and Guatemala to the west and south. It also shares a wa ...

and Guatemala).

Species

There are nine species which are recognized as being valid.Mexico Herpetology
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Adelphicos daryi Dary's burrowing snake (''Adelphicos daryi'') is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to Guatemala. Etymology The specific name, ''daryi'', is in honor of Guatemalan biologist Mario Dary Rivera (1928-1981). Beol ...

'' – Dary's burrowing snake *''

Adelphicos ibarrorum ''Adelphicos ibarrorum'' is a species of colubrid snake. It is endemic to Guatemala and only known from the highlands of south-central Guatemala in the region of its type locality near Chichicastenango. It is a fossorial snake known from pine- ...

'' – Ibarras' burrowing snake *''

Adelphicos latifasciatum ''Adelphicos latifasciatum'', the Oaxaca burrowing snake, is a colubrid snake described by John D. Lynch and Hobart Muir Smith in 1966. The Oaxaca burrowing snake lives in the humus of the pine and cloud forests of the Sierra de los Chimalap ...

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burrowing snake *''

Adelphicos newmanorum ''Adelphicos newmanorum'', the Middle American burrowing snake, is a colubrid snake found in Mexico. References Adelphicos Endemic reptiles of Mexico Reptiles described in 1950 Taxa named by Edward Harrison Taylor {{snake-stub ...

'' – Middle American burrowing snake *''

Adelphicos nigrilatum ''Adelphicos nigrilatum'', the burrowing snake, is a species of colubrid snake found in Mexico. References Adelphicos Endemic reptiles of Mexico Reptiles described in 1942 Taxa named by Hobart Muir Smith {{snake-stub ...

'' – burrowing snake *''

Adelphicos quadrivirgatum The Middle American burrowing snake (''Adelphicos quadrivirgatum'') is a species of dipsadine colubrid snake, endemic to Mexico and Central America.Adelphicos sargii ''Adelphicos sargii'', Sargi’s earth snake, is a colubrid snake found in Mexico and Guatemala Guatemala ( ; ), officially the Republic of Guatemala ( es, República de Guatemala, links=no), is a country in Central America. It is bord ...

'' – Sargi's earth snake *''

Adelphicos veraepacis 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 Cuchumatane ...

'' – Stuart's burrowing snake *''

Adelphicos visoninum ''Adelphicos visoninum'', the Middle American burrowing snake, is a species of colubrid snake found in Mexico and Guatemala. References Adelphicos Reptiles of Mexico Reptiles of Guatemala Reptiles described in 1866 Taxa named by Edw ...

'' – Middle American burrowing snake

Etymology

The specific name, ''newmanorum'' (Latin, genitive, plural), is in honor of American zoologist Robert J. Newman and his wife Marcella Newman. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Adelphicos quadrivirgatus newmanorum'', p. 189; ''A. q. sargii'', p. 233). The specific name, ''sargii'' (Latin, genitive, singular), is in honor of Franz Sarg (1840–1920) who served as German Consul in Guatemala.

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