Rhadinophanes monticola MYERS & CAMPBELL, 1981
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Higher Taxa | Colubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
Subspecies | |
Common Names | Graceful Mountain Snake |
Synonym | Rhadinophanes monticola MYERS & CAMPBELL 1981 Rhadinophanes monticola — LINER 1994 Rhadinophanes monticola — LINER 2007 Rhadinophanes monticola — WALLACH et al. 2014: 644 |
Distribution | Mexico (Guerrero) Type locality: "1 mile (1.6 km.) north of Puerto del Gallo, 17˚27'N, 100˚09'W, at an elevation of approximately 9000 feet (2750 m.) on Cerro Teótepec, State of Guerrero, Mexico." |
Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: AMNH 116332, a 357 mm male (J.A. Campbell, 21 May 1974). |
Diagnosis | |
Comment | Type species: Rhadinophanes monticola MYERS & CAMPBELL 1981 is the type species of the genus Rhadinophanes MYERS & CAMPBELL 1981. Abundance: only known from the specimen(s) described in the original description (fide Campbell et al. 2018) |
Etymology | The species name, ‘monticola’, is Latin for ‘inhabitant of the mountains’ (Latin “colere” = inhabiting). |
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