Adelphicos quadrivirgatum

Adelphicos quadrivirgatum, the Middle American burrowing snake, is a species of dipsadine colubrid snake, endemic to Mexico and Central America.^[1][2]

Middle American burrowing snake
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Adelphicos
Species:	A. quadrivirgatum
Binomial name
Adelphicos quadrivirgatum Jan, 1862
Synonyms[2]
Adelphicos quadrivirgatum Jan, 1862 Adelphicus [sic] quadrivirgatus — Cope, 1877 Atractus quadrivirgatus — Boulenger, 1894[3] Adelphicos quadrivirgatus — Liner, 1994 Adelphicos quadrivirgatum — McCranie [fr] & Castañeda, 2005

Geographic range

A. quadrivirgatum is found in Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Mexico;^[1][2] in Mexico, its range extends southward from the states of Nuevo León and Tamaulipas^[1] to San Luis Potosí, Veracruz, Querétaro, Hidalgo, Puebla, Oaxaca, and Chiapas.^[2]

Habitat

A. quadrivirgatum inhabits tropical and subtropical wet and moist forest at elevations from sea level to 1,740 m (5,710 ft). It is often found beneath logs.^[1]

Description

A. quadrivirgatum is a small snake. Adult females may attain a total length of 36.5 cm (14.4 in), which includes a tail 5.5 cm (2.2 in) long. Dorsally, it is pale reddish brown, with four or five blackish narrow stripes. Ventrally, it is whitish with a brown stripe along the middle of the tail.^[3]

Diet

A. quadrivirgatum preys mainly on earthworms.^[2]

Reproduction

A. quadrivirgatum is oviparous.^[2]