Rhadinella anachoreta (SMITH & CAMPBELL, 1994)

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Higher Taxa	Colubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Rhadinaea anachoreta SMITH & CAMPBELL 1994 Rhadinaea anachoreta — TOWNSEND et al. 2005 Rhadinella anachoreta — MYERS 2011 Rhadinella anachoreta — WALLACH et al. 2014: 642
Distribution	Guatemala, Honduras Type locality: north slope of Cerro del Aguacate, Aldea Negro Norte, Sierra de Caral, Municipio de Morales, Dep. de Izabal, Guatemala, 1180 m elevation.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: UTA R-33051
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: Rhadinaea anachoreta can be distinguished from all other Honduran snakes, except Stenorrhina freminvillii, Rhadinaea decorata, R. kinkelini, R. lachrymans, R. tolpanorum, Urotheca decipiens, and U. guentheri, in having smooth dorsal scales in 17 rows throughout the body and a lineate dorsal pattern. Stenorrhina freminvillii has the internasal fused to the anterior section of the nasal and fewer than 50 subcaudals (versus internasal not fused to nasal and more than 60 subcaudals in R. anachoreta). All of those Rhadinaea species have two postoculars and all but an occasional R. decorata have 1+2 temporals (versus a single postocular and a single secondary temporal in R.anachoreta). Urotheca decipiens and U.guentheri have distinct pale lateral stripes, two postoculars, and a long, fragile, and proportionately thick tail with 82 or more Subcaudals when complete (versus pale stripes absent, a single postocular and a gradually tapering tail with fewer than 81 subcaudals in R. anachoreta) (McCranie 2011: 371).
Comment
Etymology	The specific name anachoreta is derived from the Greek anachoretes (meaning a hermit or recluse). The name was used in reference to "the disjunct, isolated distribution and secretive habits of this species" (E. Smith and Campbell, 1994:6).
References	Aguilar-López JL, Luría-Manzano R, Pineda E, Canseco-Márquez L 2021. Selva Zoque, Mexico: an important Mesoamerican tropical region for reptile species diversity and conservation. ZooKeys 1054: 127-153 - get paper here McCranie J R 2011. The snakes of Honduras. SSAR, Salt Lake City, 725 pp. McCranie, James R. 2007. Notes on the poorly known colubrid snake Rhadinaea anachoreta Smith & Campbell. Herpetological Bulletin 101:25-26 - get paper here McCranie, James R. 2015. A checklist of the amphibians and reptiles of Honduras, with additions, comments on taxonomy, some recent taxonomic decisions, and areas of further studies needed. Zootaxa 3931 (3): 352–386 - 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 Smith, E. N. AND J. A. CAMPBELL. 1994. A new species of Rhadinea (Colubridae) from the Caribbean Versant of Guatemala. Occ. Pap. Mus. Nat. Hist. Kansas (167):1-9. - get paper here Solís, J. M., L. D. Wilson, and J. H. Townsend. 2014. An updated list of the amphibians and reptiles of Honduras, with comments on their nomenclature. Mesoamerican Herpetology 1: 123–144 - get paper here Townsend, Josiah H., James C. Nifong and Larry David Wilson 2005. First record of the colubrid snake Rhadinaea anachoreta Smith & Campbell from Honduras. Herpetological Bulletin 94: 2-3 - 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	IUCN Red List http://www.opwall.com/2005oldpages/Reports/Honduras/Forest/Herpetofauna… Google images

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