Overview
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Common Names
Common Names in English:
Dary's Burrowing Snake
Description
Family Colubridae
The family Colubridae, which includes the kingsnakes (Lampropeltis spp. ), is the largest, most widespread, and diverse family of snakes , with few physical characteristics universal among all species. The family contains 70 percent of the known species of snakes, with more than 1700 species worldwide (Pough et al. 1998). Although some colubrids are dangerously venomous , most are harmless to humans. [1]
Subfamily Dipsadinae
These snakes are the New World counterparts of the Pareinae and resemble them in appearance and habits. They live in tropical America.
Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Reptilia
()
- Reptiles
- Subclass:
Diapsida
()
- Infraclass:
Lepidosauromorpha
()
- Superorder:
Lepidosauria
()
-
- Order:
Squamata
()
- Suborder:
Serpentes
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
- Superfamily:
Colubroidea
()
- Family:
Colubridae
()
- Colubrids
- Subfamily:
Dipsadinae
()
- Genus:
Adelphicos
()
- Campbell and Ford, 1982
- Specific name:
daryi
- Campbell & Ford
- Scientific name: - Adelphicos daryi Campbell & Ford
- Specific name:
daryi
- Campbell & Ford
- Genus:
Adelphicos
(
- Subfamily:
Dipsadinae
(
- Family:
Colubridae
(
- Superfamily:
Colubroidea
(
- Suborder:
Serpentes
(
- Order:
Squamata
(
- Superorder:
Lepidosauria
(
- Infraclass:
Lepidosauromorpha
(
- Subclass:
Diapsida
(
- Class:
Reptilia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Uetz P.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Adelphicos
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 18 species and subspecies in this genus:
A. daryi (Dary's Burrowing Snake) · A. ibarrorum · A. latifasciatum (Oaxacan Burrowing Snake) · A. latifasciatus (Oaxacan Burrowing Snake) · A. nigrilatum (Burrowing Snake) · A. nigrilatus · A. quadrivirgatum (Middle American Burrowing Snake) · A. quadrivirgatus (Middle American Burrowing Snake) · A. quadrivirgatus newmanorum · A. quadrivirgatus quadrivirgatus (Middle American Burrowing Snake) · A. quadrivirgatus sargii · A. quadrivirgatus visoninus · A. sargii · A. veraepacis (Stuart's Burrowing Snake) · A. veraepacis latifasciatus · A. veraepacis nigrilatus · A. visoninum · A. visoninus
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Further Reading
- Campbell et al. (1982) Occ. Pap. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas (No. 100): 1-22
- Groombridge, B. (ed.) 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Uetz, Peter. The Reptile Database
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Adelphicos daryi. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 14 January 2007.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2535816
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Rep-500
- IUCN ID: 521
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1404
Footnotes
- Painter, Charles W., Chuck L. Hayes, and James N. Stuart "Recovery and Conservation of the Gray-Banded Kingsnake. New Mexico Department of Game and Fish. May 1, 2002. [back]
Curator for this page: Juan Pablo Hurtado. Date last reviewed: 12/30/1899
