Adelphicos visoninum (COPE, 1866)
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Adelphicos visoninum
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| Higher Taxa | Colubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Middle American Burrowing Snake S: Zacatera de Cuatro-lineas |
| Synonym | Rhegnops visoninus COPE 1866: 128 Adelphicos visoninus — COPE 1887: 85 Adelphicos quadrivirgatus visoninus — SMITH 1942: 186 Adelphicos quadrivirgatus visoninus — PETERS & OREJAS-MIRANDA 1970: 16 Adelphicos quadrivirgatum visoninum — LADUC 1985 Adelphicos visoninus — SMITH et al. 2001 Adelphicos visoninus — HEIMES 2016: 205 |
| Distribution | Mexico (Tabasco: foothills on Atlantic slopes, Veracruz), south and east to C Honduras, Guatemala, Belize Type locality: Honduras |
| Reproduction | oviparous. |
| Types | Holotype: USNM 24899 |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A full complement of infralabials (seven, unless fused together), but the second and third very narrow, barely excluding chin-shields from labial border; ventrals 126 to 129 in two males, 127 to 148 in females; caudals 43 to 49 in two males, 36 to 45 in females; dorsolateral dark stripe involving mainly the fifth row of dorsals, sometimes encroaching on the edges of the fourth and sixth scale rows; no distinct middorsal tail stripe. (Smith 1942) Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 865 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Synonymy: listed as a synonym of A. quadrivirgatum by WALLACH et al. 2014 (although mis-spelled there as “visonbinus”). |
| Etymology | Named after Latin visio, the act of seeing + Latin -inum, belonging to. [“...In this species the pupil is round...”]. |
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