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Taxonomy of the genus Adelphicos Biodiversity of the family Colubridae

Bibliography of the genus
Adelphicos (Central American Burrowing Snakes)

(Reptilia: Serpentes: Colubridae)

Note: In order to limit redundancy, relevant literature indexed in the related bibliographies in the left column may not have been included in this page. For a comprehensive search of literature, these bibliographies should therefore also be consulted.


Adelphicos in general

Cadle, J.E. 1984. Molecular systematics of Neotropical xenodontine snakes. 2. Central American xenodontines. Herpetologica 40(1): 21-30.

Campbell, J.A.; Ford, L.S. 1982. Phylogenetic relationships of the colubrid snakes of the genus Adelphicos in the highlands of Middle America. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural History University of Kansas 100: 1-22.

Campbell, J.A.; Smith, E.N. 1998. A new genus and species of colubrid snake from the Sierra de las Minas of Guatemala. Herpetologica 54(2): 207-220.

Dunn, E.R. 1928. New Central American snakes in the American Museum of Natural History. American Museum Novitates 314: 1-4.

LaDuc, T.J. 1995. The nomenclatural status and gender of Adelphicos. Journal of Herpetology 29(1): 141-142.

Mendoza-Quijano, F.; Campos-Rodriguez, J.I.; Lopez-Vidal, J.C.; Smith, H.M.; Chiszar, D. 2003. Adelphicos quadrivirgatum (Serpentes: Colubridae) in Hidalgo, Mexico, with comments on its relationships to A. visoninum. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 39(4): 77-84.

Smith, H.M. 1942. A review of the snake genus Adelphicos. Proceedings Rochester Acad. Sci. 8(4): 175-195.

Smith, H.M.; Chiszar, D.; Mancilla-Moreno, M. 2001. Nomenclature of the earth snakes (Adelphicos) of the A. quadrivirgatus complex. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 37(2): 39-41.

Taylor, E.H. 1940. Some Mexican serpents. University of Kansas Science Bulletin 26(14): 445-487.

Adelphicos ibarrorum

Campbell, J.A.; Brodie, E.D. 1988. A new colubrid snake of the genus Adelphicos from Guatemala. Herpetologica 44(4): 416-422.

Adelphicos newmanorum

Lazcano, D.; Castañeda-Gaytan, J.G.; García-de la Peña, C.; Solis-Rojas, C.; Contreras-Arquieta, S. 2004. Depredación de la araña pescacora Dolomedes tenebrosus (Araneae: Pisauridae) sobre la culebra Zacatera de Newman Adelphicos quadrivirgatus newmanorum. Boletin de la Sociedad Herpetologica Mexicana 12(2): 49-51.

Adelphicos quadrivirgatum

Goldberg, S.R. 2016. Nature notes: Adelphicos quadrivirgatum. Reproduction. Mesoamerican Herpetology 3(4): 1014-1015.

Lazcano, D.; Contreras, S.; Garcia-de la Pena, C.; Solis, C. 2005. Natural history notes: Adelphicos quadrivirgatus newmanorum (Newman's Earth Snake). Predation. Herpetological Review 36(2): 186.

McCoy, C.J.; Censky, E.J.; Devender, R.W. van 1986. Distribution records for amphibians and reptiles in Belize, Central America. Herpetological Review 17(1): 28.

Mendoza-Quijano, F.; Campos-Rodriguez, J.I.; Canseco-Marquez, L.; Smith, H.M.; Chiszar, D. 2005. New variational data on Adelphicos quadrivirgatum (Serpentes: Colubridae) in Mexico. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 41(1): 31-32.

Mendoza-Quijano, F.; Campos-Rodriguez, J.I.; Lopez-Vidal, J.C.; Smith, H.M.; Chiszar, D. 2003. Adelphicos quadrivirgatum (Serpentes: Colubridae) in Hidalgo, Mexico, with comments on its relationships to A. visoninum. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 39(4): 77-84.

Murillo, S.; Alvarez Solorzano, T.; Matias Ferrer, N. 2003. Geographic distribution: Adelphicos quadrivirgatus. Herpetological Review 34(2): 167.

Rojas-González, R.I.; Zamora-Abrego, J.G. 2016. Nature notes: first record of snake predation in xenosaurid lizards: Xenosaurus platyceps feeding on Adelphicos quadrivirgatum. Mesoamerican Herpetology 3(4): 1013-1014.

Sunyer, J.; Townsend, J.H.; Wilson, L.D.; Travers, S.L.; Obando, L.A.; Paiz, G.; Griffith, D.M.; Köhler, G. 2009. Three new country records of reptiles from Nicaragua. Salamandra 45(3): 186-190.

Vázquez-Cruz, V.; Reynoso-Martínez, A.; Pérez-Gámez, E.M.; Cerón-de la Luz, N.M. 2017. Distribution notes: Adelphicos quadrivirgatum Jan, 1862. Mesoamerican Herpetology 4(4): 959-960.

Adelphicos veraepacis

Stuart, L.C. 1941. Some new snakes from Guatemala. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology University of Michigan 452: 1-7.

Adelphicos visoninum

Dunn, E.R.; Stuart, L.C. 1951. Comments on some recent restrictions of type localities of certain South and Central American amphibians and reptiles. Copeia 1951(1): 55-61.

Mendoza-Quijano, F.; Campos-Rodriguez, J.I.; Lopez-Vidal, J.C.; Smith, H.M.; Chiszar, D. 2003. Adelphicos quadrivirgatum (Serpentes: Colubridae) in Hidalgo, Mexico, with comments on its relationships to A. visoninum. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 39(4): 77-84.