Adelphicos

Adelphicos is a genus of New World burrowing snakes in the family Colubridae. The genus consists of nine species.[1]

Geographic range

Species of the genus Adelphicos can be found in Mexico and northern Central America (Belize and Guatemala).[2]

There are nine species which are recognized as being valid.[1][3]

Adelphicos daryi Campbell & Ford, 1982 – Dary's burrowing snake[2]
Adelphicos ibarrorum Campbell & Brodie III, 1988 – Ibarras' burrowing snake
Adelphicos latifasciatum J.D. Lynch & H.M. Smith, 1966 – Oaxaca burrowing snake
Adelphicos newmanorum Taylor, 1950 – Middle American burrowing snake
Adelphicos nigrilatum H.M. Smith, 1942 – burrowing snake
Adelphicos quadrivirgatum Jan, 1862 – Middle American burrowing snake
Adelphicos sargii (Fischer, 1885) – Sargi's earth snake
Adelphicos veraepacis Stuart, 1941 – Stuart's burrowing snake
Adelphicos visoninum (Cope, 1866) – Middle American burrowing snake

The specific name, newmanorum (Latin, genitive, plural), is in honor of American zoologist Robert J. Newman and his wife Marcella Newman.[4]

The specific name, sargii (Latin, genitive, singular), is in honor of Franz Sarg (1840–1920) who served as German Consul in Guatemala.[4]

Adelphicos at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 May 2022.
Campbell, Jonathan A.; Ford, Linda S. (1982). "Phylogenetic relationships of the colubrid snakes of the genus Adelphicos in the highlands of Middle America". Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas. 100: 1–22.
Mexico Herpetology Archived 2007-09-13 at the Wayback Machine
Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Adelphicos quadrivirgatus newmanorum, p. 189; A. q. sargii, p. 233).