Rhadinaea
Rhadinaea is a genus of snakes of the family Colubridae.[1]
| Rhadinaea | |
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| Rhadinaea flavilata | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Chordata | 
| Class: | Reptilia | 
| Order: | Squamata | 
| Suborder: | Serpentes | 
| Family: | Colubridae | 
| Subfamily: | Dipsadinae | 
| Genus: | Rhadinaea Cope, 1863  | 
Species
    
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
    
- Genus Rhadinaea at The Reptile Database.
 
Further reading
    
- 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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