Adelophis copei

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 copei
Name

Adelophis copei Dugès, 1879
References
Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2021. Adelophis copei. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 9 October 2019.
Ponce-Campos, P. & García Aguayo, A. 2007. IUCN: Adelophis copei (Vulnerable). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T63727A12711203. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63727A12711203.en

Vernacular names
English: Cope's Mountain Meadow Snake

Adelophis copei is a vulnerable species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species was originally described by Alfredo Dugès in 1897, and is endemic to Mexico.[1][4] It is the type species of the genus Adelophis Dugès, 1879.[4]

Etymology

The generic name, Adelophis, is from the Greek words adēlos meaning "uncertain" or "obscure" and ophis meaning "snake", together referring to Dugès' uncertainty of the taxonomic placement of the genus.[3] The specific name, copei, is in honor of American herpetologist and paleontologist Edward Drinker Cope.[4][5]
Description

Adelophis copei is a small and moderately slender snake that has a maximum total length (including tail) of 392 mm (15.4 in). The tail is about one fifth of the total length.[3]
Habitat and geographic range

Adelophis copei lives in the wetlands of west-central Mexico, in such areas in the Mexican states of Jalisco, Michoacán, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, and northern Morelos.[1]
Conservation status

Adelophis copei is threatened by habitat loss due to agriculture and human settlement. Mexico has placed national laws protecting the species, and the species is being researched for more ways to protect it. It is protected in the Sierra Los Huicholes reserve.[1]
References

Ponce-Campos P, García Aguayo A (2007). "Adelophis copei ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T63727A12711203. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63727A12711203.en.
Boulenger GA (1893). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families ... Colubridæ Aglyphæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I-XXVIII. (Ischnognathus copii, p. 289).
Rossman DA, Wallach V (1987). "Adelophis Dugès", Mountain Meadow Snakes". Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (408): 1-2.
Adelophis copei at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 6 February 2015.

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 copei, p. 59).

Further reading
Dugès A (1879). In: Cope ED (1879). "Eleventh Contribution to the Herpetology of Tropical America". Proc. American Philosoph. Soc. 18: 261-277. (Adelophis copei, new species, pp. 265–266).