Rhadinella Explained

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
• Rhadinella donaji
• Rhadinella dysmica – Guerrero slender leaf litter snake
• Rhadinella godmani – Godman's graceful brown snake
• Rhadinella hannsteini – Hannstein's spot-lipped snake
• Rhadinella hempsteadae – Hempstead's pine woods snake
• Rhadinella kanalchutchan – Kanalchutchan graceful brown snake
• Rhadinella kinkelini – Kinkelin's graceful brown snake^[2]
• Rhadinella lachrymans – tearful pine-oak snake
• Rhadinella lisyae
• Rhadinella montecristi – Monte Cristi graceful brown snake
• Rhadinella pegosalyta
• Rhadinella pilonaorum – Stuart's graceful brown snake
• Rhadinella posadasi – Posada's graceful brown snake
• Rhadinella rogerromani
• Rhadinella schistosa – brokencollar graceful brown snake
• Rhadinella serperaster
• Rhadinella stadelmani Stuart & Bailey, 1941 – Stadelman's pine woods snake
• Rhadinella tolpanorum
• Rhadinella xerophila ^[3]

Nota bene

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

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).

Notes and References

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3. 10.11646/zootaxa.4442.2.10 . A new species of Rhadinella (Serpentes: Dipsadidae) from the dry forest of Motagua Valley, Guatemala . Zootaxa . 4442 . 2 . 338 . 2018 . Ariano-Sánchez . Daniel . species:Daniel Ariano-Sánchez . Campbell . Jonathan A. . Jonathan A. Campbell . 30313967 . 52973090.