Adelphicos ibarrorum

Adelphicos ibarrorum
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Adelphicos
Species:	A. ibarrorum
Binomial name
Adelphicos ibarrorum Campbell & Brodie, 1988[2]

Adelphicos ibarrorum is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Guatemala.

Etymology

The specific name, ibarrorum (Latin, genitive, plural), is in honor of the Guatemalan Ibarra family, especially Jorge Alfonso Ibarra (1921–2000) and Germán A. Ibarra, both conservationists and naturalists.[3]

Geographic range

A. ibarrorum is only known from the highlands of south-central Guatemala in the region of its type locality near Chichicastenango.[1][4]

Behavior and habitat

A fossorial snake, A. ibarrorum is known from pine-oak forest and forest edge habitats, at elevations of 2,000–2,100 m (6,600–6,900 ft) above sea level.

Conservation status

The species A. ibarrorum is considered to be "Endangered". It is threatened by deforestation for agricultural purposes.[1]

Description

The largest known specimen and the holotype of A. ibarrorum is a female measuring 521 mm (20.5 in) in total length, including a tail length of 58 mm (2.3 in).[2]

Reproduction

A. ibarrorum is oviparous.[4]

References

1. Acevedo, M.; Ariano-Sánchez, D.; Johnson, J. (2013). "Adelphicos ibarrorum ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T203337A2764209. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T203337A2764209.en. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
2. Campbell, Jonathan A.; Brodie, Edmund D., Jr. (1988). "A new colubrid snake of the genus Adelphicos from Guatemala". Herpetologica. 44 (4): 416–422. JSTOR 3892406. (Adelphicos ibarrorum, new species).
3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Adelphicos ibarrorum, p. 129).
4. Adelphicos ibarrorum at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 September 2021.

Further reading

• Campbell JA, Brodie ED Jr (1988). "A New Colubrid Snake of the Genus Adelphicos from Guatemala". Herpetologica 44 (4): 416–422. (Adelphicos ibarrorum, new species).
• Köhler G (2008). Reptiles of Central America, 2nd Edition. Offenbach, Germany: Herpeton Verlag. 400 pp. ISBN 978-3936180282.