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{{speciesbox
| name = Fox's mountain meadow snake
| status = DD
| status_system = iucn3IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Mendoza-Quijano, F. |author-link=species:Fernando Mendoza-Quijano |author2=Santos-Barrera, G. |author2-link=species:Georgina Santos-Barrera |date=2007 |title=''Adelophis foxi '' |volume=2007 |page=e.T63728A12711297 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63728A12711297.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}</ref>
| genus = AdelophisThamnophis
| species = foxi
| authority = ([[Douglas A. Rossman|Rossman]] & [[species:Richard M. Blaney|Blaney]], 1968)
| range_map = Adelophis foxi distribution.png
| synonyms = *''Adelophis foxi'' <br>{{small|Rossman & Blaney, 1968}}
*''Thamnophis foxi'' <br>{{small|— [[species:Joshua M. Hallas|Hallas]], [[species:Thomas L. Parchman|Parchman]] & [[species:Chris R. Feldman|Feldman]], 2021}}
| synonyms_ref = <ref name=RDB/>
}}
'''Fox's mountain meadow snake''' (''Adelophis'''Thamnophis foxi''')'', meaningalso "Fox'sknown hidden[[Common name|commonly]] as snake"; '''Culebra''culebra-de vega de Fox''''' and '''''pradera de Fox''''' in Mexican [[Spanish language|Spanish]]), is a [[species]] of [[OviparityOvoviviparity|oviparousovoviviparous]] [[Colubridaesnake]] in the [[Family (biology)|colubridfamily]] [[snakeColubridae]]. The species, which was described by [[Douglas A. Rossman]] and [[Species:Richard M. Blaney|Richard M. Blaney]] in 1968, which is [[Endemism|endemic]]native to northwestern [[Mexico]].<ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021" /><ref name=RDB/>
 
==Etymology==
The [[Specific name (zoology)|specific name]], ''foxi'', is in honor of American herpetologist [[species:Wade Fox|Wade Fox, Jr.]] (1920–1964).<ref>Beolens[[species:Bo BBeolens|Beolens, WatkinsBo]]; M[[species:Michael Watkins|Watkins, Michael]]; Grayson, M.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).</ref>
 
==ConservationGeographic statusrange==
''T. foxi'' is found in the Mexican state of [[Durango]].<ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021"/><ref name=RDB/>
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 {{convert|1.5|mi|km}} west of [[El Salto, Durango|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.▼
 
==Habitat==
This area contained ''[[Pinus durangensis]]'', which are being replanted extensively in an attempt to revive the population{{Citation needed|date=December 2010}}. It is also unknown whether or not the trees alone will have any effect on the snake population.
The preferred natural [[habitat]] of ''T. foxi'' is [[forest]], at an altitude of {{cvt|2,600|m|ft}}.<ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021"/>
 
==Description==
Threats to the survival of this snake species include ongoing [[deforestation]] and [[human settlement]].<ref>Mendoza-Quijano F, Santos-Barrera G. 2007. "''Adelophis foxi'' ". In: IUCN 2007. ''2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species''. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 23 April 2008.</ref>
The [[holotype]] of ''T. foxi'' has a total length (including tail) of {{cvt|42|cm|in}}. It has five [[Labial scales|upper labials]]. The [[dorsal scales]] are in 17 rows throughout the length of the body. The [[anal scale]] is entire (undivided).<ref name=RDB/>
 
==Pictures==
<gallery>
File:Adelophis_foxi.jpg
File:Adelophis_foxi_head.jpg
</gallery>
 
==Reproduction==
The [[Modes of reproduction|mode of reproduction]] of ''T. foxi'' is uncertain. The [[IUCN]] describes the species as [[Ovoviviparity|ovoviviparous]],<ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021"/> whereas the Reptile Database describes it as [[Oviparity|oviparous]]<ref name=RDB/>, however due to the rest of ''Thamnophis'' being ovoviviparous, ovoviviparity is more likely than oviparity.
 
==Conservation status==
▲Specimens LSU40793 and LSU40846 were the last recorded specimens of ''AT. foxi'', consisting of a male and female collected on 18 and 19 July 1981 in southwestern [[Durango]], Mexico, most likely around {{convert|1.5|mi|km}} west of [[El Salto, Durango|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|date=July 2017}}
 
Threats to the survival of this snake species include ongoing [[deforestation]] caused by logging.<ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021" /> 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 ''P. durangensis'' stands are suitable for this snake species.<ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021" />
 
==References==
{{Reflist}}|30em|refs=
<ref name=RDB>{{NRDB species|genus=Thamnophis|species=foxi|accessdate=7 July 2017}}</ref>
}}
 
==Further reading==
*[[species:Joshua M. Hallas|Hallas JM]], [[species:Thomas L. Parchman|Parchman TL]], [[species:Chris R. Feldman|Feldman CR]] (2021). "Phylogenomic analyses resolve relationships among garter snakes (''Thamnophis'': Natricinae: Colubridae) and elucidate biogeographic history and morphological evolution". ''Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution'' '''167''': 107374. (''Thamnophis foxi'', new combination).
* [[Douglas A. Rossman|Rossman DA]], Blaney RM. 1968. A new Natricine snake of the genus ''Adelophis'' from western Mexico. ''Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, Louisiana State University'' '''35''': 1-12. (''Adelophis foxi'', new species).▼
*[[species:Peter Heimes|Heimes P]] (2016). ''Snakes of Mexico: Herpetofauna Mexicana Vol. I''. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Chimaira. 572 pp. {{ISBN|978-3899731002}}.
▲* [[Douglas A. Rossman|Rossman DA]], [[species:Richard M. Blaney|Blaney RM.]] (1968). "A new Natricine snake of the genus ''Adelophis'' from western Mexico". ''Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, Louisiana State University'' '''35''': 1-121–12. (''Adelophis foxi'', new species).
*Rossman D, [[Van Wallach|Wallach V]] (1987). "''Adelophis'' [[Alfredo Dugès|Dugès]], Mountain Meadow Snakes". ''Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles'' '''408''': 1–2.
 
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[[Category:Colubrids]]
[[Category:Natural history of DurangoThamnophis]]
[[Category:Snakes of North America]]
[[Category:AnimalsEndemic describedreptiles inof 1968Mexico]]
[[Category:Fauna of the Sierra Madre Occidental]]
[[Category:Natural history of Durango]]
[[Category:Reptiles described in 1968]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Douglas A. Rossman]]
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