Rhadinaea forbesi

• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
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• 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: It is a fossorial species that has been recorded from primary pine-oak forest , it might also occur in secondary forest although this needs to be confirmed. It may be present in tropical evergreen forest at lower elevations , although this also needs to be confirmed. It is an oviparous species.[2].

List of Habitats :

•     1     Forest   
  
•     1.5     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry   
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Taxonomy

Synonyms

Rhadinaea forbesi — Liner 1994 • Rhadinaea forbesi — 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

• Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 117, p. 209.
• Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, Biological Society of Washington url p. 188, p. 191.
• Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 464.
• Supplementary catalogue of type specimens of reptiles and amphibians in Field Museum of Natural History / Hymen Marx. 69 1976 [Chicago]: Field Museum of Natural History, 1976. url p. 90.
• The University of Kansas science bulletin. 30 1944 [Lawrence]: University of Kansas, 1902-1996. url p. 186, p. 198, p. 351, p. 376, plate vi, page 447.

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.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• Lopez-Luna, M.A., Canseco-Márquez, L. & Santos-Barrera, G. 2007. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
• Lopez-Luna, M.A., Canseco-Mrquez, L. & Santos-Barrera, G. 2007. Rhadinaea forbesi. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 04February2012.
• 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: 2544459
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Rep-6246
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 585999
• IUCN ID: 239259
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 134556

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. Lopez-Luna, M.A., Canseco-Márquez, L. & Santos-Barrera, G. 2007. Rhadinaea forbesi. 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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