Rhadinophanes monticola MYERS & CAMPBELL, 1981

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Higher Taxa	Colubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Graceful Mountain Snake S: Culebra Graciosa de Montaña
Synonym	Rhadinophanes monticola MYERS & CAMPBELL 1981: 5 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).
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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) Similar species: snakes of the genera Rhadinaea and Coniophanes; however, the color pattern of Rhadinophanes monticola is sufficiently distinctive that it could not be associated with Rhadinaea. Rhadinophanes lacks the grooved fangs that characterize Coniophanes. Also, the hemipenial evidence provides argument for separate generic status.
Etymology	The species name, ‘monticola’, is Latin for ‘inhabitant of the mountains’ (Latin “colere” = inhabiting). The genus is named after the Greek rhadinos = slender, graceful + the suffix phanes = appearing), alluding both to the slenderness of the type species and to its superficial similarity to Rhadinaea and Coniophanes. Gender masculine.
References	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 Myers, C W; Campbell J A 1981. A new genus and species of colubrid snake from the Sierra Madre del Sur of Guerrero, Mexico. American Museum Novitates (2708): 1-20 - get paper here Palacios-Aguilar, Ricardo & OSCAR FLORES-VILLELA 2018. An updated checklist of the herpetofauna from Guerrero, Mexico. Zootaxa 4422 (1): 1-24 - 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.
External links	IUCN Red List Google images

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