Common Names
Common Names in English:
Oaxacan 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
Ecology: It occurs in the leaf-litter of pine and cloud forest
, and has also been found in small agricultural areas near forest
. It is rarely seen due to its secretive habits. It is not known whether this species is able to adapt to disturbance
of its habitat
.
List of Habitats:1.9Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane
14.3Artificial/Terrestrial - Plantations
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
()
- Specific name:
latifasciatum
- Scientific name: - Adelphicos latifasciatum Lynch & Smith, 1966
- Specific name:
latifasciatum
- 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
(
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, J.A. and Ford, L.S. 1982. Phylogenetic relationship of the colubrid snakes of the genus Adelphicos in the highlands of Middle America. Ocassional Papers of the Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas 100: 1-22.
Notes
Contributors
- Flores-Villela, O., Canseco-Márquez, L. & Muñoz-Alonso, A. 2007. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 183100
- IUCN ID: 63729
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 3963460
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
