Adelphicos veraepacis STUART, 1941
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Higher Taxa | Colubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
Subspecies | |
Common Names | E: Stuart's Burrowing Snake |
Synonym | Adelphicos veraepacis STUART 1941: 5 Adelphicos veraepacis — PETERS & OREJAS-MIRANDA 1970: 16 Adelphicos veraepacis — VILLA et al. 1988 Adelphicos veraepacis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 9 |
Distribution | Guatemala Type locality: Finca Samac, 7 km west of Coban, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala. |
Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: UMMZ 89073 |
Diagnosis | |
Comment | = Rhadinaea veraepacis STUART 1941 ??? (Stuart & Bailey 1941, Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan (442): 1-11). Distribution: Not in Mexico (Not listed in LINER 1994, Liner 2007, Heimes 2016). |
Etymology | named after its type locality (although Stuart originally wanted to name the species after the President of Guatemala, General Jorge Ubico, who, however, in “his characteristic modesty”, refused and suggested to name it after its locality). |
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