Adelphicos ibarrorum is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Guatemala.
Etymology The specific name, ibarrorum (Latin, genitive, plural), is in honor of the Guatemalan Ibarra family, especially Jorge Alfonso Ibarra (1921–2000) and Germán A. Ibarra, both conservationists and naturalists.Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Adelphicos ibarrorum, p. 129).
Geographic range A. ibarrorum is only known from the highlands of south-central Guatemala in the region of its type locality near Chichicastenango.
Behavior and habitat A fossorial snake, A. ibarrorum is known from pine-oak forest and forest edge habitats, at elevations of above sea level.
Conservation status The species A. ibarrorum is considered to be "Endangered". It is threatened by deforestation for agricultural purposes.
Description The largest known specimen and the holotype of A. ibarrorum is a female measuring in total length, including a tail length of .
Reproduction A. ibarrorum is oviparous.
References
Further reading Campbell JA, Brodie ED Jr (1988). "A New Colubrid Snake of the Genus Adelphicos from Guatemala". Herpetologica 44 (4): 416–422. (Adelphicos ibarrorum, new species). Köhler G (2008). Reptiles of Central America, 2nd Edition. Offenbach, Germany: Herpeton Verlag. 400 pp. .