The Middle American burrowing snake (''Adelphicos quadrivirgatum'') is a
species of
dipsadine colubrid snake,
endemic to
Mexico and
Central America.
2007 Catalogue of Life
Geographic range
''A. quadrivirgatum'' is found in Belize, Guatemala
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, Honduras
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, Nicaragua, and in the Mexican
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states of Chiapas
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, Hidalgo, Oaxaca, Puebla
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, Querétaro
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, San Luis Potosí
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, and Tamaulipas.[
]
Description
''A. quadrivirgatum'' is a small snake. Adult females may attain a total length of , which includes a tail long. Dorsally, it is pale reddish brown, with four or five blackish narrow stripes. Ventrally, it is whitish with a brown stripe along the middle of the tail.[
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Diet
''A. quadrivirgatum'' preys
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mainly on earthworms.[
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Reproduction
''A. quadrivirgatum'' is oviparous
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.[
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References
Further reading
* Boulenger GA (1894). ''Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ''. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xi + 382 pp. + Plates I-XX. (''Atractus quadrivirgatus'', pp. 312–313).
*Heimes, Peter (2016). ''Snakes of Mexico: Herpetofauna Mexicana Vol. I''. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Edition Chimaira. 572 pp. .
*Jan G
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* Jabhat al-Nusra (JaN), a Syrian militant group
* Japanese Article Numb ...
(1862). "''Enumerazione sistematico delle specie d'ofidi del gruppo Calamaridae'' ". ''Archivio per la Zoologia l'Anatomia e la Fisiologia'' 2: 1-76. (''Adelphicos quadrivirgatum'', new species, p. 19). (in Italian).
* McCranie JR (2015). "A checklist of the amphibians and reptiles of Honduras, with additions, comments on taxonomy, some recent taxonomic decisions, and areas of further studies needed". ''Zootaxa'' 3931 (3): 352-386.
External links
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Adelphicos
Reptiles of Belize
Reptiles of Guatemala
Reptiles of Honduras
Reptiles of Mexico
Reptiles described in 1862
Taxa named by Giorgio Jan
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