You are here » home › advanced search › Rhadinella kanalchutchan

Rhadinella kanalchutchan (MENDELSON & KIZIRIAN, 1995)

IUCN Red List - Rhadinella kanalchutchan - Data Deficient, DD
iNaturalist logo

Can you confirm these amateur observations of Rhadinella kanalchutchan?

Add your own observation of
Rhadinella kanalchutchan »

We have no photos, try to find some by Google images search: Google images

Higher TaxaColubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Kanalchutchan Graceful Brown Snake
S: Hojarasquera de Kanalchutchan 
SynonymRhadinaea kanalchutchan MENDELSON & KIZIRIAN 1995
Rhadinaea kanalchutchan — FLORES-VILLELA & CANSECO-MÁRQUEZ 2004
Rhadinella kanalchutchan — MYERS 2011
Rhadinella kanalchutchan — WALLACH et al. 2014: 643 
DistributionMexico (Chiapas)

Type locality: 8 km (5 mi.) S San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, México.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: UTEP 12233. Paratypes: MZFC 4194 (JDJ 1736), male collected with the holotype specimen; CAS 163535 (JFC 66-60), a female from Rancho Nuevo, Mexico Hwy 190, 13.8 km SE San Cristóbal de Las Casas, 2377 m, obtained by D. E. Breedlove on 28 July 1966; CAS 163665, a female from near Piedracitas, on road to Zontehiutz, obtained by D. E. Breedlove on 30 November 1971; CAS 163927, a male from San Cristóbal de Las Casas, above and of Rancho Nuevo, 2713 m, obtained by D. E. Breedlove and P. M. Breedlove on 28 July 1980. 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (9888 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentEsta especie reemplaza a lo que se conocía como R. hempsteadae de Chiapas, México [FLORES-VILLELA & CANSECO-MÁRQUEZ 2004]. 
Etymology“The specific ephitet, kanalchutchan, is an indeclinable word and is a phonetic approximation (guttural stops and pops ignored; accent on last syllable) of one of three names used by the Tzetzal indians for this species. Translations yields “yellow bellied snake” (kanal meaning yellow, chut meaning belly and chan meaning snake. 
References
  • Flores-Villela, O. & Canseco-Márquez, L. 2004. Nuevas especies y cambios taxonómicos para la herpetofauna de México. Acta Zoologica Mexicana (n.s.) 20 (2): 115-144 - get paper here
  • Heimes, P. 2016. Snakes of Mexico. Chimaira, Frankfurt, 572 pp
  • Johnson, Jerry D.; Vicente Mata-Silva, Elí García Padilla, and Larry David Wilson 2015. The Herpetofauna of Chiapas, Mexico: composition, distribution, and conservation. Mesoamerican Herpetology 2 (3): 272–329. - get paper here
  • Köhler, G. 2008. Reptiles of Central America. 2nd Ed. Herpeton-Verlag, 400 pp.
  • Mendelson, J.R. & D.A. Kizirian 1995. Geographic variation in Rhadinaea hempsteadae (Serpentes: Colubridae) with the description of a new species from Chiapas, Mexico. Herpetologica 51 (3): 301-313. - get paper here
  • Myers, Charles W. 2011. A New Genus and New Tribe for Enicognathus melanauchen Jan, 1863, a Neglected South American Snake (Colubridae: Xenodontinae), with Taxonomic Notes on Some Dipsadinae. American Museum Novitates (3715): 1-33 - get paper here
  • Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue] Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp.
 
External links  
Is it interesting? Share with others:


Please submit feedback about this entry to the curator