Fox's mountain meadow snake (Adelophis foxi, meaning "Fox's hidden snake"; culebra-de vega de Fox in Spanish) is a species of viviparous colubrid snake, described by Douglas A. Rossman and Richard M. Blaney in 1968, which is endemic to northwestern Mexico.
The specific name, foxi, is in honor of American herpetologist Wade Fox Jr. (1920–1964).
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Oviparous animals are female animals that lay their eggs, with little or no other embryonic development within the mother. This is the reproductive...
Precocial species are those in which the young are relatively mature and mobile from the moment of birth or hatching. Precocial species are normall...
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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.
Threats to the survival of this snake species include ongoing deforestation caused by logging. 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.
