Adelphicos quadrivirgatum

Adelphicos quadrivirgatum, the Middle American burrowing snake, is a species of dipsadine colubrid snake, endemic to Mexico and Central America.

Geographic range
A. quadrivirgatum is found in Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Mexico; in Mexico, its range extends southward from the states of Nuevo León and Tamaulipas to San Luis Potosí, Veracruz,  Querétaro, Hidalgo, Puebla, Oaxaca, and Chiapas.

Habitat
A. quadrivirgatum inhabits tropical and subtropical wet and moist forest at elevations from sea level to 1740 m. It is often found beneath logs.

Description
A. quadrivirgatum is a small snake. Adult females may attain a total length of 36.5 cm, which includes a tail 5.5 cm long. Dorsally, it is pale reddish brown, with four or five blackish narrow stripes. Ventrally, it is whitish with a brown stripe along the middle of the tail.

Diet
A. quadrivirgatum preys mainly on earthworms.

Reproduction
A. quadrivirgatum is oviparous.