Adelphicos visoninum (COPE, 1866)

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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) Additional details (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”).
References	Aguilar-López JL, Luría-Manzano R, Pineda E, Canseco-Márquez L 2021. Selva Zoque, Mexico: an important Mesoamerican tropical region for reptile species diversity and conservation. ZooKeys 1054: 127-153 - get paper here Cope, E.D. 1866. Fourth contribution lo the herpetology of tropical America. Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 18: 123-132 - get paper here Cope, E.D. 1887. Catalogue of batrachians and reptiles of Central America and México. Bull. US Natl. Mus. 32: 7-98 - get paper here Heimes, P. 2016. Snakes of Mexico. Chimaira, Frankfurt, 572 pp LaDuc,T.J. 1995. The nomenclatural status and gender of Adelphicos. Journal of Herpetology 29 (1): 141-142 - get paper here Lee, J. C. 2000. A field guide to the amphibians and reptiles of the Maya world. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, Peters, James A. & Donoso-Barros, Roberto 1970. Catalogue of the Neotropical Squamata: Part II. Lizards and Amphisbaenians. Bull. US Natl. Mus. 297: 293 pp. - get paper here Simón-Salvador PR, Arreortúa M, Flores CA, Santiago-Dionicio H, González-Bernal E 2021. The role of Indigenous and Community Conservation Areas in herpetofauna conservation: a preliminary list for Santa Cruz Tepetotutla, Oaxaca Mexico. ZooKeys 1029: 185-208 - get paper here Smith, H.M. 1942. A review of the snake genus Adelphicos. Proc. Rochester Acad. Sci. 8: 175-195 - get paper here Smith, Hobart M.; Chiszar, D. & Mancilla Moreno, M. 2001. Nomenclature of the Earth Snake (Adelphicos) of the A. quadrivirgatus complex. Bull. Maryland Herp. Soc. 37 (2): 39-41 - get paper here Torres-Hernández, LA, Ramírez-Bautista A, Cruz-Elizalde R, Hernández-Salinas U, Berriozabal-Islas C, DeSantis DL, Johnson JD, Rocha A, García-Padilla E, Mata-Silva V, Fucsko LA, and Wilson LD. 2021. The herpetofauna of Veracruz, Mexico: composition, distribution, and conservation status. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 15(2) [General Section]: 72–155 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List http://www.seh-herpetology.org/images/atlas/pdf/squamata/adequa.pdf https://www.facebook.com/groups/stshc/posts/386361626921775/ Google images

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