Adelophis is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
snake
Snakes are elongated, Limbless vertebrate, limbless, carnivore, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes . Like all other Squamata, squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping Scale (zoology), scales. Ma ...
s in the family
Colubridae
Colubridae (, commonly known as colubrids , from la, coluber, 'snake') is a family of snakes. With 249 genera, it is the largest snake family. The earliest species of the family date back to the Oligocene epoch. Colubrid snakes are found on ever ...
.
They are
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...
to
Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...
.
Species
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Adelophis copei
''Thamnophis copei'', Cope's mountain meadow snake, is a vulnerable species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species was originally described by Alfredo Dugès in 1897, and is endemic to Mexico. It is the type species of the genus ''Adeloph ...
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Dugès, 1879 – Cope's mountain meadow snake
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Adelophis foxi
Fox's mountain meadow snake (''Thamnophis foxi'', meaning "Fox's hidden snake"; ''culebra-de vega de Fox'' in Spanish) is a species of viviparous colubrid snake, described by Douglas A. Rossman and Richard M. Blaney in 1968, which is endemic to ...
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Rossman & Blaney, 1968 – Fox's mountain meadow snake
References
Adelophis
Reptiles of Mexico
Snake genera
Taxa named by Alfredo Dugès
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