Middle American burrowing snake facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Middle American burrowing snake
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Synonyms
Adelphicos quadrivirgatum Jan, 1862 Adelphicus [sic] quadrivirgatus — Cope, 1877 Atractus quadrivirgatus — Boulenger, 1894 Adelphicos quadrivirgatus — Liner, 1994 Adelphicos quadrivirgatum — McCranie [fr] & Castañeda, 2005

Adelphicos quadrivirgatum, the Middle American burrowing snake, is a species of dipsadine colubrid snake, endemic to Mexico and Central America.

Geographic range

A. quadrivirgatum is found in Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Mexico; in Mexico, its range extends southward from the states of Nuevo León and Tamaulipas to San Luis Potosí, Veracruz, Querétaro, Hidalgo, Puebla, Oaxaca, and Chiapas.

Habitat

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

Description

A. 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.

Diet

A. quadrivirgatum preys mainly on earthworms.

Reproduction

A. quadrivirgatum is oviparous.