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Rhadinaea macdougalli SMITH & LANGEBARTEL, 1949

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Higher TaxaColubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: MacDougall's Graceful Brown Snake
S: Hojarasquera de MacDougall 
SynonymRhadinaea macdougalli SMITH & LANGEBARTEL 1949: 413 (1950)
Rhadinaea macdougalli — LINER 1994
Rhadinaea macdougalli — LINER 2007
Rhadinaea macdougalli — WALLACH et al. 2014: 640 
DistributionSE Mexico (Oaxaca, Veracruz)

Type locality: Mexico: near Buena Vista, at crest of Sierra Madra, directly N of Rio Grande, Oaxaca  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: INHS (= UIMNH) 3775; T. MacDougall; March 7, 1949. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Amember of the genus Rhadinaea, with 17 scale rows, ventrals about 119, caudals about 75, in males; no supraanal keels; maxillary teeth 16 + 2, with a short but well-defined di­ astema preceding the two rear teeth; hemipenis capitate, sulcus divided, with about 22 large spines in a belt around the middle, and numerous fine spines to base. Sides below upper part of fourth scale row darker than back, faintly bor­ dered above by a light linfe; no other stripe on body; head with a light line through the supra­ labials and another from upper rear margin of orbit to upper edge of last supralabial; belly immaculate except ends of ventrals, which are darker than adjacent dorsal scales (Smith & Langebartel 1949: 413).


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CommentGroup: Rhadinaea decorata group 
EtymologyNamed for Thomas MacDougall, collector, who for 10 years has assisted the senior author to become acquainted with the Tehuantepec area. 
References
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  • Myers, C.W. 1974. The systematics of Rhadinaea (Colubridae), a genus of New World snakes. Bull. Amer. Mus. nat. Hist. 153 (1): 1-262 - get paper here
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  • Smith, H. M., & LANGEBARTEL, D. A. 1949. Notes on a collection of reptiles and amphibians from the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. J. Washington Acad. Sci. 39: 409-416.
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