Rhadinaea myersi

Rhadinaea myersi
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Rhadinaea
Species:	R. myersi
Binomial name
Rhadinaea myersi Rossman, 1965

Rhadinaea myersi, also known commonly as Myers' graceful brown snake and la hojarasquera de Myers in Mexican Spanish, is a species of snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. The species is native to southern Mexico. ^[2]

Etymology

The specific name, myersi, is in honor of American herpetologist Charles William Myers. ^{[3] : 185}

Geographic distribution

Rhadinaea myersi is endemic to the Mexican state of Oaxaca, where it is found in the Sierra Madre del Sur. ^{[1] [2]}

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of Rhadinaea myersi is forest, at elevations of approximately 1,524 m (5,000 ft). ^[1]

Reproduction

Rhadinaea myersi is oviparous. ^[2]

Taxonomy

Rhadinaea myersi is a member of the Rhadinaea decorata species group. ^[2]

References

1. Canseco-Márquez, L. (2007). "Rhadinaea myersi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2007 e.T63902A12724522. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
2. Species Rhadinaea myersi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
3. 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.

Further reading

• Heimes, P. (2016). Snakes of Mexico: Herpetofauna Mexicana Vol. I. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Edition Chimaira. ISBN   978-3-89973-100-2. 572 pp.
• Mata-Silva, V.; Johnson, J.D.; García-Padilla, E. (2015). "The herpetofauna of Oaxaca, Mexico: composition, physiographic distribution, and conservation status". Mesoamerican Herpetology. 2 (1): 6–62.
• Myers, C.W. (1974). "The systematics of Rhadinaea (Colubridae), a genus of New World snakes". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 153 (1): 1–262. (Rhadinaea myersi, p. 91).
• Rossman, D.A. (1965). "Two New Colubrid Snakes of the Genus Rhadinaea from Southern Mexico". Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, Louisiana State University (32): 1–8. (Rhadinaea myersi, new species, pp. 1–4, Figure 1).