The graceful mountain snake (Rhadinophanes monticola) is a genus of snake in the family Colubridae.[2]
Graceful mountain snake | |
---|---|
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Colubridae |
Genus: | Rhadinophanes Myers & Campbell, 1981 |
Species: | R. monticola
|
Binomial name | |
Rhadinophanes monticola Myers & Campbell, 1981
|
It is endemic to Guerrero, Mexico, where it is known only from the type locality of Puerto del Gallo in the Sierra Madre del Sur, at approximately 3,000 meters elevation.[1][3]
References
edit- ^ a b Canseco-Márquez, L.; Campbell, J.A.; Ponce-Campos, P.; Muñoz-Alonso, A.; García Aguayo, A. (2007). "Rhadinophanes monticola". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T63907A12725339. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63907A12725339.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ Rhadinophanes at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 11 October 2018.
- ^ Rhadinophanes monticola at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 11 October 2018.