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Rhadinaea forbesi SMITH, 1942

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Higher TaxaColubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Forbes' Graceful Brown Snake
S: Hojarasquera de Forbes 
SynonymRhadinaea forbesi SMITH 1942
Rhadinaea forbesi — LINER 1994
Rhadinaea forbesi — LINER 2007
Rhadinaea forbesi — WALLACH et al. 2014: 639 
DistributionMexico (Veracruz)

Type locality: Tequeyutepec, 7 miles west of Jalapa, Veracruz.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: USNM 110365, Collection Date: March 23, 1940.Paratypes: (n=3) USNM 110364, topotype; USNM 29124, without locality; and EHT-HMS (HMS field No. 13211), topotype. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Temporal stripe diagonal, extending to corner of mouth, or to upper edge of last supralabial; sides of body dark, including tips of ventrals; a black stripe on fourth scale row, involving edges of adjacent rows erratically; a broken white fine (dotted) on fifth row; a dark stripe on median row, narrow or involving edges of adjacent rows; usually two preoculars (a presubocular) ; ventrals 140 to 150; caudals 63 to 64 (males). (Smith 1942) 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after Mr. and Mrs. Dyfrig McHatrie Forbes who lived near Vera Cruz, Mexico as planters. Hobart Smith and his wife, Rozella, stayed with the Forbes while on honeymoon. 
References
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Heimes, P. 2016. Snakes of Mexico. Chimaira, Frankfurt, 572 pp
  • Liner, Ernest A. 2007. A CHECKLIST OF THE AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES OF MEXICO. Louisiana State University Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural Science 80: 1-60 - get paper here
  • PERALTA-HERNÁNDEZ, RAFAEL & ANDRÉS PEREA-PÉREZ. 2022. Geographic distribution: RHADINAEA FORBESI (Forbe’s Graceful Brown Snake). MÉXICO: VERACRUZ: Municipality of Ixhuatlancillo. Herpetological Review 53 (3): 447.
  • Smith, Hobart M. 1942. Descriptions of new species and subspecies of Mexican snakes of the genus Rhadinaea. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 55: 185-192 - get paper here
  • Smith, Hobart M. 1943. Summary of the collections of snakes and crocodilians made in Mexico under the Walter Rathbone Bacon Traveling Scholarship. Proceeding of the U. S. National Museum, 93 (3169): 393-504 - get paper here
  • Torres-Hernández, LA, Ramírez-Bautista A, Cruz-Elizalde R, Hernández-Salinas U, Berriozabal-Islas C, DeSantis DL, Johnson JD, Rocha A, García-Padilla E, Mata-Silva V, Fucsko LA, and Wilson LD. 2021. The herpetofauna of Veracruz, Mexico: composition, distribution, and conservation status. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 15(2) [General Section]: 72–155 - 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.
 
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