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| color = pink | name = Mexican burrowing snake | image = Loxocemus_bicolor.jpg | image_size = 235px | image_caption = Mexican Burrowing Snake, ''Loxocemus bicolor'' | regnum = Animal ia | phylum = Chordata | classis = Reptilia | ordo = Squamata | subordo = Serpentes | superfamilia = Henophidia | familia = Loxocemidae | genus = ''Loxocemus'' | species = ''L. bicolor'' | binomial = ''Loxocemus bicolor'' | binomial_authority = Cope , 1861 }} The Mexican burrowing snake, '''''Loxocemus bicolor''''', is a Henophid Snake that lives along the Pacific coast of central Mexico south to Honduras and north-western Costa Rica . It is the only member of the family '''''Loxocemidae'''''. It is found in a variety of habitats including tropical, moist, dry and forests. On average this snake grows to roughly 1m (3ft). It is an Egg layer, laying small clutches of eggs. It is a stout snake with a very muscular body. It has a shovel shaped snout, narrow head, and small eyes to facilitate burrowing. It typically has a dark body with patches of white scales, although occasionally after shedding it will lose all of the pigment in the body, resulting in a white snake with a small dark patch on its head. As its name implies, it's a burrowing snake, and as a result is hard to observe and study. It is the sole member of its family and its relation to other snakes is not known. It resembles Python s in several respects, but since pythons are not found in the Americas , is believed to be unrelated. Its Diet is believed to consist of Rodent s and Lizard s. It has been observed eating Iguana eggs. Sources |