Rhadinaea bogertorum

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Rhadinaea bogertorum
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Rhadinaea
Species:
R. bogertorum
Binomial name
Rhadinaea bogertorum
C. Myers, 1974

Rhadinaea bogertorum, also known commonly as the Oaxacan graceful brown snake and la hojarasquera de Oaxaca in Mexican Spanish, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to Mexico.

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Etymology

The specific name, bogertorum (genetive plural), is in honor of American herpetologist Charles Mitchill Bogert and his wife Martha. [2]

Geographic range

R. bogertorum is endemic to the Mexican state of Oaxaca. [3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of R. bogertorum is forest. [1]

Description

The holotype of R. bogertorum has a total length of 44.8 cm (17.6 in), which includes a tail length of 13.3 cm (5.2 in). The dorsal scales are smooth, without apical pits, and in 17 rows throughout the length of the body. [4]

Reproduction

R. bogertorum is oviparous. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Canseco-Márquez, L. (2007). "Rhadinaea bogertorum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2007: e.T63888A12717986. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  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 bogertorum, p. 30).
  3. 1 2 Species Rhadinaea bogertorum at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  4. Myers CW (1974).

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