Rhadinaea bogertorum

• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Family Colubridae

The family Colubridae, which includes the kingsnakes (Lampropeltis spp. ), is the largest, most widespread, and diverse family of snakes , with few physical characteristics universal among all species. The family contains 70 percent of the known species of snakes, with more than 1700 species worldwide (Pough et al. 1998). Although some colubrids are dangerously venomous , most are harmless to humans. [1]

Subfamily Dipsadinae

These snakes are the New World counterparts of the Pareinae and resemble them in appearance and habits. They live in tropical America.

Habitat

Biome: Terrestrial [2].

Ecology: This species is found underneath leaf-litter and logs in cloud forest . It has only been found in primary forest .[2].

List of Habitats :

•     1     Forest   
  
•     1.9     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane   
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Taxonomy

Synonyms

Rhadinaea bogertorum — Liner 1994 • Rhadinaea bogertorum — Liner 2007

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Similar Species

Members of the genus Rhadinaea

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 32 species and subspecies in this genus:

R. bogertorum (Oaxacan Graceful Brown Snake) · R. calligaster (Thick Graceful Brown Snake) · R. cuneata (Veracruz Graceful Brown Snake) · R. decorata (Adorned Graceful Brown Snake) · R. flavilata (Pine Woods Littersnake) · R. forbesi (Forbes' Graceful Brown Snake) · R. fulvivittis (Ribbon Graceful Brown Snake) · R. gaigeae (Gaige's Pine Forest Snake) · R. godmani (Godman's Graceful Brown Snake) · R. godmani godmani (Godman's Graceful Brown Snake) · R. hannsteini (Hannstein's Spot-Lipped Snake) · R. hempsteadae (Hempstead's Pine Woods Snake) · R. hesperia (Western Graceful Brown Snake) · R. kinkelini (Kinkelin Graceful Brown Snake) · R. lachrymans (Tearful Pine-Oak Snake) · R. laureata (Crowned Graceful Brown Snake) · R. macdougalli (Macdougall's Graceful Brown Snake) · R. marcellae (Marcella's Graceful Brown Snake) · R. montana (Nuevo Leon Graceful Brown Snake) · R. montecristi (Monte Cristi Graceful Brown Snake) · R. myersi (Myers' Graceful Brown Snake) · R. omiltemana (Guerreran Pine Woods Snake) · R. pilonaorum (Stuart's Graceful Brown Snake) · R. posadasi (Posada's Graceful Brown Snake) · R. pulveriventris (Common Graceful Brown Snake) · R. quinquelineata (Pueblan Graceful Brown Snake) · R. sargenti (Sargent's Graceful Brown Snake) · R. schistosa (Brokencollar Graceful Brown Snake) · R. stadelmani (Stadelman's Graceful Brown Snake) · R. taeniata (Pine-Oak Snake) · R. taeniata taeniata (Pine-Oak Snake) · R. vermiculaticeps (Vermiculate Graceful Brown Snake)

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Further Reading

• Flores-Villela, Oscar / McCoy, C. J., ed. 1993. Herpetofauna Mexicana: Lista anotada de las especies de anfibios y reptiles de México, cambios taxonómicos recientes, y nuevas especies. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication, no. 17. Carnegie Museum of Natural History. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. iv + 73. ISBN: 0-911239-42-1.
• IUCN. 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Available at: www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 12th September 2007).
• Myers (1974) Bull. Amer. Mus. nat. Hist. 153 (1): 1-262
• Myers, C.W. 1974. The systematics of Rhadinaea (Colubridae), a genus of New World snakes. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 153: 1-262.
• Ramierez-Bautista et al. (1998) Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 34 (4): 99

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed February 1, 2012.
• Canseco-Márquez, L. 2007. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
• Canseco-Mrquez, L. 2007. Rhadinaea bogertorum. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 04February2012.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
• TIGR Reptile Database . Release date: October 2, 2007
• Uetz, Peter. The Reptile Database

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2544454
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Rep-6241
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 585996
• IUCN ID: 239256
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 134553

Footnotes

1. Painter, Charles W., Chuck L. Hayes, and James N. Stuart "Recovery and Conservation of the Gray-Banded Kingsnake. New Mexico Department of Game and Fish. May 1, 2002. [back]
2. Canseco-Márquez, L. 2007. Rhadinaea bogertorum. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 04 February 2012. [back]

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