Rhadinella is a genus of snakes of the subfamily Dipsadinae.[1]
| Rhadinella | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Dipsadinae |
| Genus: | Rhadinella H.M. Smith, 1941 |
Geographic range
editThe genus Rhadinella is endemic to Mexico and Central America.[1]
Species
editThe 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
edit- ^ a b c Genus Rhadinella 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 kinkelini, p. 141).
- ^ 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. S2CID 52973090.
Further reading
edit- Smith HM (1941). "A New Genus of Mexican Snakes Related to Rhadinaea". Copeia 1941: 7-10. (Rhadinella, new genus; Rhadinella schistosa, new species).