Topic summary
Mexican burrowing python
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Loxocemus.
Loxocemus bicolor, the sole member of the monotypicfamilyLoxocemidae and commonly known as the Mexican python, Mexican burrowing python and Mexican burrowing snake, is a species of python-like snake found in Mexico and Central America. No subspecies are currently recognized. Analyses of DNA show that Loxocemus is most closely related to the true pythons and the sunbeam snakes.