Adelphicos latifasciatum

Adelphicos latifasciatum, the Oaxaca burrowing snake, is a colubrid snake described by John D. Lynch and Hobart Muir Smith in 1966.^[2]

Adelphicos latifasciatum
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Adelphicos
Species:	A. latifasciatum
Binomial name
Adelphicos latifasciatum Lynch & Smith, 1966
Synonyms
Adelphicos latifasciatus Lynch & Smith, 1966

The Oaxaca burrowing snake lives in the humus of the pine and cloud forests of the Sierra de los Chimalapas and Cerro Baúl in Oaxaca and western Chiapas, Mexico. It is protected by law in Mexico and also inhabits the La Sepultura Biosphere Reserve and protected forests in Los Chimalapas.^[1]

The Oaxaca burrowing snake's biggest threats to survival include forest fires and deforestation.^[1]