Adelphicos veraepacis STUART, 1941
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Adelphicos veraepacis
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| Higher Taxa | Colubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Stuart's Burrowing Snake |
| Synonym | Adelphicos veraepacis STUART 1941: 5 Adelphicos veraepacis — PETERS & OREJAS-MIRANDA 1970: 16 Adelphicos veraepacis — VILLA et al. 1988 Adelphicos veraepacis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 9 |
| Distribution | Guatemala Type locality: Cloud forest above Finca Samac, 7 km west of Coban, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala, elevation about 1500 m. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: UMMZ 89073, adult male |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A moderately large Adelphicos, females to 461 mm and males to 372 mm total length, possessing a unique combination of characteristics: females may distinguished from all daryi and most A. nigrilatus by having a higher number of ventrals (132-142); males possess 29—41 subcaudals and females have 24—31, distinguishing them from A. daryi and A. latifasciatus which possess fewer and more subcaudals, respectively. The dark brown or gray dorsal coloration can be confused only with A. daryi, but the scales of the first scale row are not light posteroventrally or only slightly so, in contrast to the boldly defined pale spots in A. daryi (Fig. 5). The dorsolateral stripes generally are not continuous and involve no more than the edges of two adjacent scale rows. The anterior edges of the ventrals are darkly pigmented like A. daryi, but there is a heavy concentration of dark pigment midventrally. This species may be distinguished from A. daryi by possessing a relatively larger eye that is contained 1.3—2.6 times in the snout length (Campbell & Ford 1982). |
| Comment | = Rhadinaea veraepacis STUART 1941 ??? (Stuart & Bailey 1941, Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan (442): 1-11). Distribution: Not in Mexico (Not listed in LINER 1994, Liner 2007, Heimes 2016). |
| Etymology | named after its type locality (although Stuart originally wanted to name the species after the President of Guatemala, General Jorge Ubico, who, however, in “his characteristic modesty”, refused and suggested to name it after its locality). |
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