Stuart's burrowing snake (''Adelphicos veraepacis'') is a species of colubrid snake. It is endemic to the

Guatemala Guatemala ( ; ), officially the Republic of Guatemala ( es, República de Guatemala, links=no), is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico; to the northeast by Belize and the Caribbean; to the east by H ...

, where it can be found in pine-oak and cloud forests on

Sierra de las Minas Sierra (Spanish for "mountain range" and "saw", from Latin '' serra'') may refer to the following: Places Mountains and mountain ranges * Sierra de Juárez, a mountain range in Baja California, Mexico * Sierra de las Nieves, a mountain range i ...

, the

Cuilco Cuilco is a municipality in the Guatemalan department of Huehuetenango. It is located in the Cuchumatanes mountains in the Southwestern portion of Huehuetenango. In 2018 it served approximately 57,000 people, most of them Ladinos (who are ethnic ...

Mountains, Sierra de los Cuchumatanes and

Sierra de Xucaneb Sierra (Spanish for "mountain range" and "saw", from Latin '' serra'') may refer to the following: Places Mountains and mountain ranges * Sierra de Juárez, a mountain range in Baja California, Mexico * Sierra de las Nieves, a mountain range i ...

, at elevations of 1,200–2,200 m. It is terrestrial,

fossorial A fossorial () animal is one adapted to digging which lives primarily, but not solely, underground. Some examples are badgers, naked mole-rats, clams, meerkats, and mole salamanders, as well as many beetles, wasps, and bees. Prehistoric eviden ...

and mainly nocturnal. It is threatened by habitat loss from agriculture and the exportation of '' Chamaedaphne calyculata'' plants.

References

Endemic fauna of Guatemala Adelphicos Reptiles described in 1941 Vulnerable animals Reptiles of Guatemala {{Colubrids-stub