Biology:Rhadinella

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Rhadinella
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Dipsadinae
Genus: Rhadinella
H.M. Smith, 1941

Rhadinella is a genus of snakes of the subfamily Dipsadinae.[1]

Geographic range

The genus Rhadinella is endemic to Mexico and Central America.[1]

Species

The following 20 species are recognized as being valid.[1]

  • Rhadinella anachoreta (E.N. Smith & Campbell, 1994)
  • Rhadinella donaji Campbell, 2015
  • Rhadinella dysmica Campillo et al., 2016 – Guerrero slender leaf litter snake
  • Rhadinella godmani (Günther, 1865) – Godman's graceful brown snake
  • Rhadinella hannsteini (Stuart, 1949) – Hannstein's spot-lipped snake
  • Rhadinella hempsteadae (Stuart & Bailey, 1941) – Hempstead's pine woods snake
  • Rhadinella kanalchutchan (Mendelson & Kizirian, 1995) – Kanalchutchan graceful brown snake
  • Rhadinella kinkelini (Boettger, 1898) – Kinkelin's graceful brown snake[2]
  • Rhadinella lachrymans (Cope, 1870) – tearful pine-oak snake
  • Rhadinella lisyae McCranie, 2017
  • Rhadinella montecristi (Mertens, 1952) – Monte Cristi graceful brown snake
  • Rhadinella pegosalyta (McCranie, 2006)
  • Rhadinella pilonaorum (Stuart, 1954) – Stuart's graceful brown snake
  • Rhadinella posadasi (Slevin, 1936) – Posada's graceful brown snake
  • Rhadinella rogerromani (G. Köhler & McCranie, 1999)
  • Rhadinella schistosa H.M. Smith, 1941 – brokencollar graceful brown snake
  • Rhadinella serperaster (Cope, 1871)
  • Rhadinella stadelmani Stuart & Bailey, 1941 – Stadelman's pine woods snake
  • Rhadinella tolpanorum (Holm & Cruz, 1994)
  • Rhadinella xerophila Ariano-Sánchez & Campbell, 2018 [3]

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

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Genus Rhadinella at The Reptile Database.
  2. 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. (Rhadinaea kinkelini, p. 141).
  3. Ariano-Sánchez, Daniel; Campbell, Jonathan A. (2018). "A new species of Rhadinella (Serpentes: Dipsadidae) from the dry forest of Motagua Valley, Guatemala". Zootaxa 4442 (2): 338. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4442.2.10. PMID 30313967. 

Further reading

  • Smith HM (1941). "A New Genus of Mexican Snakes Related to Rhadinaea". Copeia 1941: 7-10. (Rhadinella, new genus; Rhadinella schistosa, new species).


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