Rhadinella

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Rhadinella
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Dipsadinae
Genus: Rhadinella
H.M. Smith, 1941

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]

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

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Genus Rhadinella at The Reptile Database.
  2. ^ 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 kinkelini, p. 141).
  3. ^ Ariano-Sánchez, Daniel; Campbell, Jonathan A (2018). "A new species of Rhadinella (Serpentes: Dipsadidae) from the dry forest of Motagua Valley, Guatemala". Zootaxa. 4442 (2): 338. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4442.2.10.

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).
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