Rhadinaea gaigeae
Rhadinaea gaigeae | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Colubridae |
Genus: | Rhadinaea |
Species: | R. gaigeae
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Binomial name | |
Rhadinaea gaigeae Bailey, 1937
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Rhadinaea gaigeae is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Mexico.[1]
Etymology[]
The specific name, gaigeae, is in honor of American herpetologist Helen Beulah Thompson Gaige.[2]
Geographic range[]
R. gaigeae is found in the Mexican states of Durango, Hidalgo, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, and Tamaulipas.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b Species Rhadinaea gaigeae at The Reptile Database
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Rhadinaea gaigeae, p. 96).
Further reading[]
- Bailey JR (1937). "A New Species of Rhadinaea from San Luis Potosí ". Copeia 1937 (2): 118–119. (Rhadinaea gaigeae, new species).
Categories:
- Reptiles described in 1937
- Colubrids
- Reptiles of Mexico
- Colubrid stubs