Rhadinaea gaigeae

Rhadinaea gaigeae
Conservation status
	; Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Rhadinaea
Species:	R. gaigeae
Binomial name
	Rhadinaea gaigeae; Bailey, 1937

Last updated October 06, 2025

Rhadinaea gaigeae, also known commonly as Gaige's pine forest snake and la hojarasquera de Gaige in Mexican Spanish, is a species of snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Mexico.^[2]

Etymology

The specific name, gaigeae, is in honor of American herpetologist Helen Beulah Thompson Gaige.^[3]

Geographic range

R. gaigeae is found in the Mexican states of Hidalgo, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, and Tamaulipas.^[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of R. gaigeae is forest, at altitudes of 200–2,680 m (660–8,790 ft).^[1]

Reproduction

R. gaigei is oviparous.^[2]

References

1 2 Böhm, M.; Richman, N. (2010). "Rhadinaea gaigeae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2010 e.T174103A7015221. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
1 2 3 Species Rhadinaea gaigeae at The Reptile Database
↑ 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 gaigeae, p. 96).

Bailey JR (1937). "A New Species of Rhadinaea from San Luis Potosí ". Copeia1937 (2): 118–119. (Rhadinaea gaigeae, new species).
Heimes P (2016). Snakes of Mexico: Herpetofauna Mexicana Vol. I. Frankfurt am Main: Chimaira. 572 pp. ISBN 978-3899731002.
Liner EA (2007). "A Checklist of the Amphibians and Reptiles of México". Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University (80): 1–59. (Rhadinaea gaigeae, p. 52).
Zepéda-Hernández, Zeltzin Ketzalken; Hernández-Melo, Juan Alfonso; Torres-Angeles, Ferdinand (2017). "Distribution Notes. Rhadinaea gaigeae Bailey, 1937". Mesoamerican Herpetology4 (2): 475.

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[iucn_status_20_November_2021-1] 1 2 Böhm, M.; Richman, N. (2010). "Rhadinaea gaigeae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2010 e.T174103A7015221. Retrieved 20 November 2021.

[RDB-2] 1 2 3 Species Rhadinaea gaigeae at The Reptile Database

[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 gaigeae, p. 96).

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