Adelphicos is a genus of New World burrowing snakes in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. The genus consists of nine species.
Geographic range Species of the genus Adelphicos can be found in Mexico and northern Central America (Belize and Guatemala).
Species There are nine species which are recognized as being valid.Mexico Herpetology Adelphicos daryi – Dary's burrowing snake Adelphicos ibarrorum – Ibarras' burrowing snake Adelphicos latifasciatum – Oaxaca burrowing snake Adelphicos newmanorum – Middle American burrowing snake Adelphicos nigrilatum – burrowing snake Adelphicos quadrivirgatum – Middle American burrowing snake Adelphicos sargii – Sargi's earth snake Adelphicos veraepacis – Stuart's burrowing snake Adelphicos visoninum – Middle American burrowing snake
Etymology The generic name comes from the Greek "adelphikos," meaning "brotherly."
The specific name, newmanorum (Latin, genitive, plural), is in honor of American zoologist Robert J. Newman and his wife Marcella Newman.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Adelphicos quadrivirgatus newmanorum, p. 189; A. q. sargii, p. 233).
The specific name, sargii (Latin, genitive, singular), is in honor of Franz Sarg (1840–1920) who served as German Consul in Guatemala.
References
Further reading Jan G (1862). "Enumerazione sistematica delle specie d' ofidi dell gruppo Calamaridae ". Archivio per la Zoologia l'Anatomia e la Fisiologia 2: 1–76. (Adelphicos, new genus, pp. 18–19). (in Italian).