Adelphicos quadrivirgatus

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

Common Names

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.

Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms

1. Adelphicos Quadrivirgatum
2. Adelphicos quadrivirgatum — Maccranie & CastaÑeda 2005
3. Adelphicos quadrivirgatus — Liner 1994
4. Adelphicos visonius /i> (Cope 1866)
5. Adelphicus [sic] quadrivirgatus - Cope 1877
6. Adelphicus quadrivirgatus Cope 1877

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

• Alvarez del Toro. (1982) Los Rept. de Chiapas. 3rd ed.
• Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. ENG url p. 15, p. 204, p. 210, p. 215, p. 234, p. 239, p. 30, p. 31.
• Campbell et al. (1982) Occ. Pap. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas (No. 100): 1-22
• Canseco-Marquez et al. (2000) Herpetological Review 31 (4): 259-263
• Cope (1866) Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 18: 123-132
• Cope (1887) Bull. U.S. nation. Mus., Washington, 32: 1-98
• Dunn (1941) Proc. Rochester Acad. Sci. 8:175-86.
• Fischer (1885) Jb. Hamb. Wiss. Anst. 2: 82-121
• Fischer, J.G. (1885a): V. Herpetologische Bemerkungen - Jb. Hamb. Wiss. Anst., Hamburg 2, pp. [82-121]
• 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.
• Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten. Hamburg: Lucas Gr©Þfe & Sillem, 1883-1916. GER url p. 93.
• Jan (1862) Arch. Zool., Anat. Fisiol., 2: 1-76.
• LaDuc (1995) J. Herpetol. 29 (1): 141-142
• McCoy (1966) Herpetologica 22 (4): 306-308
• McCOY et al. (1986) Herpetol. Rev. 17:28-29.
• McCranie et al. (2005) Phyllomedusa 4 (1): 3-16
• Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] ENG url p. 190, p. 396, p. 661.
• Smith (1942) Proc. Rochester Acad. Sci. 8: 175-195
• Smith et al. (2001) Bull. Maryland Herp. Soc. 37 (2): 39-41
• Smith, H.M. (1942b): A review of the snake genus Adelphicos - Proc. Rochester Acad. Sci., Rochester 8(4), pp. [175-195]
• Stuart (1935) University of Michigan Museum of Zoology Miscellaneous Publications 29: 1-56
• The amphibians and reptiles of British Honduras, by Karl P. Schmidt. [Chicago]1941. ENG url p. 503.

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.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 27, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
• Uetz, Peter. The Reptile Database

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 27, 2008:

• Carnegie Museums: Amphibians and Reptiles
• Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History: Vertebrate specimens
• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2535821
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Rep-504
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 585701
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 133974

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]

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