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Newmans' Earth Snake
Adelphicos newmanorum
Adelphicos newmanorum, also known commonly as the Middle American burrowing snake, Newmans' earth snake, and la zacatera roja in Mexican Spanish, is a species of snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Mexico and known from the Mexican states of Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, and Tamaulipas.
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Description
Adelphicos newmanorum is reddish-brown dorsally, and white ventrally. It is a small snake, average-sized for its genus.
Wikipedia: “Appearance”
In human culture
Adelphicos newmanorum is named in honor of American zoologist Robert J. Newman and his wife Marcella Newman.
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 606420.