Middle American Burrowing Snake

About the Middle American Burrowing Snake

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.

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.

Adelphicos quadrivirgatum inhabits tropical and subtropical wet and moist forest at elevations from sea level to 1,740 m (5,710 ft). Adelphicos quadrivirgatus is terrestrial, and it is often found beneath logs. Adelphicos 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.

Adelphicos quadrivirgatum preys mainly on earthworms. Adelphicos... Wikipedia →