Adelphicos quadrivirgatum, also known commonly as the Middle American burrowing snake and la zacatera de Jan in New World Spanish, is a species of snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. The species is native to Mexico and Central America.
Geographic range Adelphicos quadrivirgatum is found in Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Mexico; in Mexico, its range extends southward from the Mexican states of Nuevo León and Tamaulipas to San Luis Potosí, Veracruz, Querétaro, Hidalgo, Puebla, Oaxaca, and Chiapas.
Habitat Adelphicos quadrivirgatum inhabits tropical and subtropical wet and moist forest at elevations from sea level to .
Behavior Adelphicos quadrivirgatus is terrestrial, and it is often found beneath logs.
Description Adelphicos quadrivirgatum is a small snake. Adult females may attain a total length of , which includes a tail 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.
Diet Adelphicos quadrivirgatum preys mainly on earthworms.
Reproduction Adelphicos quadrivirgatum is oviparous.
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Further reading
Boulenger, G.A. (1894). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xi + 382 pp. + Plates I–XX. (Atractus quadrivirgatus, pp. 312–313). Heimes, P. (2016). Snakes of Mexico: Herpetofauna Mexicana Vol. I. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Edition Chimaira. 572 pp. . Jan, G. (1862). "Enumerazione sistematico delle specie d'ofidi del gruppo Calamaridae ". Archivio per la Zoologia l'Anatomia e la Fisiologia 2: 1–76. (Adelphicos quadrivirgatum, new species, p. 19). (in Italian).
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