Rhadinaea
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| Rhadinaea | |
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| Rhadinaea flavilata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Dipsadinae |
| Genus: | Rhadinaea Cope, 1863 |
Rhadinaea is a genus of snakes of the family Colubridae.[1]
Species[edit]
The following 21 species are recognized as being valid.[1]
- Rhadinaea bogertorum C. Myers, 1974 – Oaxacan graceful brown snake
- Rhadinaea calligaster (Cope, 1876) – thick graceful brown snake
- Rhadinaea cuneata C. Myers, 1974 – Veracruz graceful brown snake
- Rhadinaea decorata (Günther, 1858) – adorned graceful brown snake
- Rhadinaea flavilata (Cope, 1871) – pine woods snake
- Rhadinaea forbesi H.M. Smith, 1942 – Forbes's graceful brown snake
- Rhadinaea fulvivittis Cope, 1875 – ribbon graceful brown snake
- Rhadinaea gaigeae Bailey, 1937 – Gaige's pine forest snake
- Rhadinaea hesperia Bailey, 1940 – western graceful brown snake
- Rhadinaea laureata (Günther, 1868) – crowned graceful brown snake
- Rhadinaea macdougalli H.M. Smith & Langebartel, 1949 – MacDougall's graceful brown snake
- Rhadinaea marcellae Taylor, 1949 – Marcella's graceful brown snake
- Rhadinaea montana H.M. Smith, 1944 – Nuevo León graceful brown snake
- Rhadinaea myersi Rossman, 1965 – Myers's graceful brown snake
- Rhadinaea nuchalis Gárcia-Vázquez, Pavón-Vázquez, Blancas-Hernández, Blancas-Calva & Centenero-Alcalá, 2018
- Rhadinaea omiltemana (Günther, 1894) – Guerreran pine woods snake
- Rhadinaea pulveriventris Boulenger, 1896 – common graceful brown snake
- Rhadinaea quinquelineata Cope, 1886 – Pueblan graceful brown snake
- Rhadinaea sargenti Dunn & Bailey, 1939 – Sargent's graceful brown snake
- Rhadinaea taeniata (W. Peters, 1863) – pine-oak snake
- Rhadinaea vermiculaticeps (Cope, 1860) – vermiculate graceful brown snake
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Rhadinaea.
References[edit]
- ^ a b Genus Rhadinaea at The Reptile Database.
Further reading[edit]
- Cope ED (1863). "Descriptions of new American SQUAMATA, in the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 15: 100–106. (Rhadinæa, new genus, p. 101).
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