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Adelphicos daryi CAMPBELL & FORD, 1982

IUCN Red List - Adelphicos daryi - Endangered, EN
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Higher TaxaColubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Dary's Burrowing Snake 
SynonymAdelphicos daryi CAMPBELL & FORD 1982
Adelphicos daryi — KÖHLER 2008: 199
Adelphicos daryi — WALLACH et al. 2014: 9 
DistributionGuatemala

Type locality: San Jorge Muxbal, 1844 m elevation, 5.5 km W San José Pinula, Dpto. Guatemala, Guatemala.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: KU 187260, a 487 mm female (J.A. Campbell, 11 July 1980). 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: The new species is a member of the veraepacis group that can be distinguished from all other members of the group by its large size, females attain lengths of at least 574 mm and males probably exceed 400 mm; broad frontal plate, at least as broad as long; dorsal coloration dark brown suffused with black;
relatively small eye contained 2.7-3.2 times in the snout length; low number of dentary teeth, 8-9 (mode 9).
It usually may be distinguished from A. veraepacis and A. latifasciatus by its low number of ventrals, 120 in male, 128 132 in females, opposed to 120—133 and 128 in males, and 132—142 and 133-138 in females respectively. The male possesses 28 subcaudals, whereas males of A. veraepacis have 29-41 and A. latifasciatus have 46-51. The number of subcaudals, 19 22, distinguishes female A. daryi from A. veraepacis (24-31) and A. latifasciatus (37-41). The modal number of palatine teeth is 7 in A. daryi and 8 and 9 in A. nigrilatus and A. latifasciatus, respectively (Campbell & Ford 1982). 
CommentOnly known from the specimen(s) described in the original description (fide Campbell et al. 2018) 
EtymologyThe specific name is a patronym for the late Mario Dary Rivera, outstanding Guatemalan biologist and conservationist. 
References
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Campbell J A; Brodie E D Jr 1988. A new colubrid snake of the genus Adelphicos from Guatemala. Herpetologica 44 (4): 416-422 - get paper here
  • Campbell J A; Ford L 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 (No. 100): 1-22 - get paper here
  • Guerra Centeno, Dennis; Héctor Fuentes Rousselin & David Morán Villatoro 2012. Serpientes de Guatemala: Guía para didentificación de especies. Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, 186 pp.
  • Köhler, G. 2008. Reptiles of Central America. 2nd Ed. Herpeton-Verlag, 400 pp.
  • Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue] Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp.
 
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