Rhadinaea gaigeae, also known commonly as Gaige's pine forest snake and la hojarasquera de Gaige in Mexican Spanish, is a species of snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Mexico.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Rhadinaea |
| Species: | R. gaigeae
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| Binomial name | |
| Rhadinaea gaigeae Bailey, 1937
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Etymology
editThe specific name, gaigeae, is in honor of American herpetologist Helen Beulah Thompson Gaige.[3]
Geographic range
editR. gaigeae is found in the Mexican states of Hidalgo, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, and Tamaulipas.[2]
Habitat
editThe preferred natural habitat of R. gaigeae is forest, at altitudes of 200–2,680 m (660–8,790 ft).[1]
Reproduction
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Böhm, M.; Richman, N. (2010). "Rhadinaea gaigeae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T174103A7015221. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ a b c Species Rhadinaea gaigeae at The Reptile Database
- ^ 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 gaigeae, p. 96).
Further reading
edit- Bailey JR (1937). "A New Species of Rhadinaea from San Luis Potosí ". Copeia 1937 (2): 118–119. (Rhadinaea gaigeae, new species).
- Heimes P (2016). Snakes of Mexico: Herpetofauna Mexicana Vol. I. Frankfurt am Main: Chimaira. 572 pp. ISBN 978-3899731002.
- Liner EA (2007). "A Checklist of the Amphibians and Reptiles of México". Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University (80): 1–59. (Rhadinaea gaigeae, p. 52).
- Zepéda-Hernández, Zeltzin Ketzalken; Hernández-Melo, Juan Alfonso; Torres-Angeles, Ferdinand (2017). "Distribution Notes. Rhadinaea gaigeae Bailey, 1937". Mesoamerican Herpetology 4 (2): 475.
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