Rhadinaea gaigeae

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Rhadinaea gaigeae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Rhadinaea
Species:
R. gaigeae
Binomial name
Rhadinaea gaigeae
Bailey, 1937

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]

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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]

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References

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