Rhadinaea quinquelineata COPE, 1886

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Higher Taxa	Colubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Pueblan Graceful Brown Snake S: Hojarasquera de Puebla
Synonym	Rhadinaea quinquelineata COPE 1886: 277 Rhadinaea quinquelineata — SMITH & TAYLOR 1945: 119 Rhadinaea quinquelineata — LINER 1994 Rhadinaea quinquelineata — LINER 2007 Rhadinaea quinquelineata — WALLACH et al. 2014: 641
Distribution	Mexico (Hidalgo, Puebla, Veracruz) Type locality: Hidalgo
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: USNM 31350
Diagnosis
Comment	Group: Rhadinaea decorata group
Etymology	“The specific epithet is formed from the noun quinque (five) plus the adjective lineatus (marked with lines), in obvious reference to the number of longitudinal dark markings on the body” (MYERS, 1974).
References	Cope, E.D. 1886. Thirteenth contribution to the herpetology of tropical America. Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 23: 271-287 [1885] - 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 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. Woolrich-Piña, G. A., E. García-Padilla, D. L. DeSantis, J. D. Johnson, V. Mata-Silva, and L. D. Wilson 2017. The herpetofauna of Puebla, Mexico: composition, distribution, and conservation status. Mesoamerican Herpetology 4(4): 791–884 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information https://www.facebook.com/groups/stshc/posts/463736119184325/ Google images

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