Graceful mountain snake | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Colubridae |
Genus: | Rhadinophanes Myers & Campbell, 1981 |
Species: | R. monticola |
Binomial name | |
Rhadinophanes monticola Myers & Campbell, 1981 | |
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