Biology:Rhadinaea

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Short description: Genus of snakes

Rhadinaea
Rhadinaea flavilata.jpg
Rhadinaea flavilata
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Dipsadinae
Genus: Rhadinaea
Cope, 1863

Rhadinaea is a genus of snakes of the family Colubridae.[1]

Species

The following 21 species are recognized as being valid.[1]

  • Rhadinaea bogertorum C. Myers, 1974 – Oaxacan graceful brown snake
  • Rhadinaea calligaster (Cope, 1876) – thick graceful brown snake
  • Rhadinaea cuneata C. Myers, 1974 – Veracruz graceful brown snake
  • Rhadinaea decorata (Günther, 1858) – adorned graceful brown snake
  • Rhadinaea flavilata (Cope, 1871) – pine woods snake
  • Rhadinaea forbesi H.M. Smith, 1942 – Forbes's graceful brown snake
  • Rhadinaea fulvivittis Cope, 1875 – ribbon graceful brown snake
  • Rhadinaea gaigeae Bailey, 1937 – Gaige's pine forest snake
  • Rhadinaea hesperia Bailey, 1940 – western graceful brown snake
  • Rhadinaea laureata (Günther, 1868) – crowned graceful brown snake
  • Rhadinaea macdougalli H.M. Smith & Langebartel, 1949 – MacDougall's graceful brown snake
  • Rhadinaea marcellae Taylor, 1949 – Marcella's graceful brown snake
  • Rhadinaea montana H.M. Smith, 1944 – Nuevo León graceful brown snake
  • Rhadinaea myersi Rossman, 1965 – Myers's graceful brown snake
  • Rhadinaea nuchalis Gárcia-Vázquez, Pavón-Vázquez, Blancas-Hernández, Blancas-Calva & Centenero-Alcalá, 2018
  • Rhadinaea omiltemana (Günther, 1894) – Guerreran pine woods snake
  • Rhadinaea pulveriventris Boulenger, 1896 – common graceful brown snake
  • Rhadinaea quinquelineata Cope, 1886 – Pueblan graceful brown snake
  • Rhadinaea sargenti Dunn & Bailey, 1939 – Sargent's graceful brown snake
  • Rhadinaea taeniata (W. Peters, 1863) – pine-oak snake
  • Rhadinaea vermiculaticeps (Cope, 1860) – vermiculate graceful brown snake

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Rhadinaea.

References

Further reading

  • Cope ED (1863). "Descriptions of new American SQUAMATA, in the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 15: 100–106. (Rhadinæa, new genus, p. 101).

Wikidata ☰ Q5087593 entry