Adelphicos nigrilatum

• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
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• Further Reading
• Notes

Common Names

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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: This species is found in the leaf-litter and along the forest edge in cloud and pine-oak forests. It can also be found in coffee plantations. It is a burrowing snake .[2]


List of Habitats :1.9Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane 14.3Artificial/Terrestrial - Plantations

Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms

1. Adelphicos latifasciatus Smith 1942
2. Adelphicos nigrilatum — Liner 2007
3. Adelphicos nigrilatus Liner 1994
4. Adelphicos nigrilatus Smith, 1942
5. Adelphicos veraepacis — ALVAREZ DEL TORO 1982 /i> (Fide Villa Et Al. 1988)
6. Adelphicos veraepacis nigrilatus Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970: 16

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
• 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.
• Flores-Villela, Oscar / McCoy, C. J., ed. 1993. Herpetofauna Mexicana: Lista anotada de las especies de anfibios y reptiles de México, cambios taxonómicos recientes, y nuevas especies. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication, no. 17. Carnegie Museum of Natural History. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. iv + 73. ISBN: 0-911239-42-1.
• Liner (2007) Louisiana State University Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural Science 80: 1-60
• Smith (1942) Proc. Rochester Acad. Sci. 8: 175-195

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.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 3, 2006.
• Campbell, J.A. 2007. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 27, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
• Uetz, Peter. The Reptile Database

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 27, 2008:

• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2535819
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-585700 Rep-503
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 585700
• IUCN ID: 63730
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 616871

Footnotes

1. 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]
2. Campbell, J.A. 2007. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008. [back]

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