Adelophis foxi

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Serpentes
Infraordo: Caenophidia
Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Natricinae
Genus: Adelophis
Species: Adelophis foxi
Name

Adelophis foxi Rossman & Blaney, 1968
References
Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2021. Adelophis foxi. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 9 October 2019.
Mendoza-Quijano, F. & Santos-Barrera, G. 2007. IUCN: Adelophis foxi (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T63728A12711297. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63728A12711297.en

Vernacular names
English: Fox's Mountain Meadow Snake

Fox's mountain meadow snake (Adelophis foxi, meaning "Fox's hidden snake"; culebra-de vega de Fox in Spanish) is a species of oviparous colubrid snake, described by Douglas A. Rossman and Richard M. Blaney in 1968, which is endemic to northwestern Mexico.[1][2]

Etymology

The specific name, foxi, is in honor of American herpetologist Wade Fox Jr. (1920–1964).[3]
Conservation status

Specimens LSU40793 and LSU40846 were the last recorded specimens of A. foxi, consisting of a male and female collected on 18 and 19 July 1981 in southwestern Durango, Mexico, most likely around 1.5 miles (2.4 km) west of El Salto. While no detailed location information is included in the specimen record, it is noted that the same collector visited this location almost yearly in the late 1960s.[citation needed]

Threats to the survival of this snake species include ongoing deforestation caused by logging.[1] The area contains pine and pine-oak forests of Pinus durangensis that have been heavily logged and are now severely disturbed. Parts of the area are being reforested for forestry purposes, but it is not known whether reforested Pinus durangensis stands are suitable for this snake species.[1]
References

Mendoza-Quijano F, Santos-Barrera G (2007). "Adelophis foxi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T63728A12711297. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63728A12711297.en.
Adelophis foxi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 7 July 2017.

Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Adelophis foxi, p. 93).