Rhadinella

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Rhadinella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Dipsadinae
Genus: Rhadinella
H.M. Smith, 1941

Rhadinella is a genus of snakes of the subfamily Dipsadinae. [1]

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Geographic range

The genus Rhadinella is endemic to Mexico and Central America. [1]

Species

The following 20 species are recognized as being valid. [1]

Nota bene : A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Rhadinella.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Genus Rhadinella at The Reptile Database.
  2. 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 kinkelini, p. 141).
  3. Ariano-Sánchez, Daniel; Campbell, Jonathan A. (2018). "A new species of Rhadinella (Serpentes: Dipsadidae) from the dry forest of Motagua Valley, Guatemala". Zootaxa. 4442 (2): 338. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4442.2.10. PMID   30313967. S2CID   52973090.

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