Rhadinaea macdougalli

Rhadinaea macdougalli
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Rhadinaea
Species:	R. macdougalli
Binomial name
Rhadinaea macdougalli H.M. Smith & Langebartel, 1949

Rhadinaea macdougalli, also known commonly as MacDougall's graceful brown snake and la hojarasquera de MacDougall in Mexican Spanish, is a species of snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. The species is native to southeastern Mexico.

Etymology

The specific name, macdougalli, is in honor of naturalist Thomas Baillie MacDougall. ^{[2] : 164}

Description

Rhadinaea macdougalli is a small brown snake, with some faint light lines. The dorsal scales are arranged in 17 rows at midbody. The ventrals number about 119. The subcaudals number about 75 in males, fewer in females. ^[3]

Geographic range

Rhadinaea macdougalli is found in the Mexican states of Oaxaca and Veracruz. ^[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of Rhadinaea macdougalli is forest. ^[1]

Reproduction

Rhadinaea macdougalli is oviparous. ^[3]

Taxonomy

Rhadinaea macdougalli is a member of the Rhadinaea decorata species group. ^[3]

References

1. Canseco-Márquez, L. (2007). "Rhadinaea macdougalli ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2007: e.T63899A12719866. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
2. Beolens, B; Watkins, M; Grayson, M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. xiii + 296. ISBN   978-1-4214-0135-5.
3. Species Rhadinaea macdougalli at The Reptile Database

Further reading

• Smith, H.M.; Langebartel, D.A. (1949). "Notes on a collection of reptiles and amphibians from the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca". Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences. 39: 409–416. (Rhadinaea macdougalli, new species, pp. 413–415 + Figure 1, left on p. 411).