Adelphicos newmanorum, the Middle American burrowing snake[1][2] or Newmans' earth snake,[3] is a colubrid snake. It is endemic to Mexico[1][2] and known from the states of San Luis Potosí, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas.[1]
Adelphicos newmanorum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Colubridae |
Genus: | Adelphicos |
Species: | A. newmanorum
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Binomial name | |
Adelphicos newmanorum Taylor, 1950
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Synonyms[1] | |
Adelphicos quadrivirgatum newmanorum Taylor, 1950 |
Etymology
editAdelphicos newmanorum is named in honor of American zoologist Robert J. Newman and his wife Marcella Newman.[4]
Appearance
editThe adelphicos newmanorum is reddish-brown.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e Adelphicos newmanorum at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 21 September 2023.
- ^ a b "Adelphicos newmanorum Taylor, 1950". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
- ^ "Newmans' Earth Snake (Adelphicos newmanorum)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Adelphicos quadrivirgatus newmanorum, p. 189).