Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Dary's burrowing snake (Adelphicos daryi), recorded as Endangered
Dary's burrowing snake (Adelphicos daryi). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Dary's burrowing snake

Adelphicos daryi

Dary's burrowing snake is a snake in the family Colubridae — Adelphicos daryi, recorded as Endangered.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Adelphicos daryi
Taxonomy
Squamata · Colubridae · Adelphicos

The snake

Females may attain a total length (among them tail) of 57 cm (22 in), and males may exceed 40 cm (16 in) in total length.

Range and habitat

A. Daryi is endemic to the Guatemalan central highlands in pine-oak forests, at elevations from 1,300–2,135 m (4,265–7,005 ft). The species is native to Guatemala.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

Habits

Dary's burrowing snake is terrestrial, fossorial, and mainly nocturnal.

In crisis

A. Daryi is threatened by urban sprawl.

Dary's burrowing snake is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Dary's burrowing snake, Wikidata item Q306232. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

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Quick answers

What is Dary's burrowing snake?
Dary's burrowing snake is a snake in the family Colubridae — Adelphicos daryi.
What is the conservation status of Dary's burrowing snake?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Adelphicos daryi. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Dary's burrowing snake live?
A. Daryi is endemic to the Guatemalan central highlands in pine-oak forests, at elevations from 1,300–2,135 m (4,265–7,005 ft).
Why is Dary's burrowing snake in crisis?
A. Daryi is threatened by urban sprawl.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Adelphicos daryi?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Dary's burrowing snake a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.