Rhadinella godmani, also known commonly as Godman's graceful brown snake, and as la culebra-café de Godman and la lagartijerita de Godman in American Spanish, is a species of snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. The species is native to Central America and southern Mexico. There are two recognized subspecies.
R. godmani is found in extreme southeastern Mexico, in the Mexican states of Chiapas and Oaxaca, and in Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Costa Rica, and Panama.[1]
The preferred natural habitat of R. godmani is forest, at altitudes of, but has also been found in pasture land.
The longest specimen in the type series of R. godmani has total length of, which includes a tail long. The dorsal scales are arranged in 21 rows throughout the length of the body.[1]
Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.[1]
A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Rhadinella.
The specific name, godmani, is in honor of British naturalist Frederick DuCane Godman.[2]
The subspecific name, zilchi, is in honor of German malacologist Adolf Michael Zilch.[3]