Rhadinella schistosa SMITH, 1941
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Rhadinella schistosa
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| Higher Taxa | Colubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Brokencollar Graceful Brown Snake S: Hojarasquera de Collar Roto |
| Synonym | Rhadinella schistosa SMITH 1941 Rhadinaea schistosa — MARX 1976 Rhadinaea schistosa — LINER 1994 Rhadinaea schistosa — LINER 2007 Rhadinella schistosa — MYERS 2011 Rhadinella schistosa — WALLACH et al. 2014: 644 |
| Distribution | Mexico (C Veracruz) Type locality: Cuautlapan, Veracruz. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: FMNH 100065 |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis (genus): See group definition in Myers (1974: 119). Separated from Rhadinaea and most other dipsadines by the straight-line arrangement of several enlarged posterior maxillary teeth (ultimate fang not offset). The maxillary dentition is similar in Trimetopon, a variable genus of diminutive snakes in lower Central America that differs from Rhadinella in lacking a basal nude pocket on the hemipenis (MYERS, unpublished, and MYERS 2011). |
| Comment | Rhadinaea schistosa mimicks Micrurus elegans (TORRE-LORANCA et al. 2006). Type species: Rhadinella schistosa SMITH 1941 is the type species of the genus Rhadinella SMITH 1941 which was resurrected by MYERS 2011. |
| Etymology | From the Greek “schisto-” meaning split or divided and the Latin suffix“-ōsa” used for making adjectives. However, according to the original description, the epithet schistosa reffers to the highly resemblance of this species to Tantilla schistosa, another common species found in the same locality where Rhadinella schistosa was described. |
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