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Rhadinaea forbesi

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Species of snake

Rhadinaea forbesi
Conservation status

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Rhadinaea
Species: R. forbesi
Binomial name
Rhadinaea forbesi
H.M. Smith, 1942

Rhadinaea forbesi, also known commonly as Forbes' graceful brown snake and la hojarasquera de Forbes in Mexican Spanish, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Mexico.

Etymology

The specific name, forbesi, is in honor of Dyfrig McHattie Forbes, who was both a Mexican planter and an amateur herpetologist.

Geographic range

R. forbesi is found in the Mexican state of Veracruz.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of R. forbesi is forest, at altitudes of 518–1,500 m (1,699–4,921 ft).

Behavior

R. forbesi is terrestrial and fossorial.

Reproduction

R. forbesi is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Lopez-Luna, M.A.; Canseco-Márquez, L.; Santos-Barrera, G. (2007). "Rhadinaea forbesi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T63891A12718473. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63891A12718473.en. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  2. ^ Species Rhadinaea forbesi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Rhadinaea forbesi, p. 91).

Further reading

  • Heimes P (2016). Snakes of Mexico: Herpetofauna Mexicana Vol. I. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Chimaira. 572 pp. ISBN 978-3899731002.
  • Liner EA (2007). "A Checklist of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Mexico". Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University (80): 1–60. (Rhadinaea forbesi, p. 52).
  • Smith HM (1942). "Descriptions of New Species and Subspecies of Mexican Snakes of the Genus Rhadinaea ". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 55: 185–192. (Rhadinaea forbesi, new species, pp. 188–189 + Figure 3 on p. 192).


Taxon identifiers
Rhadinaea forbesi


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