Rhadinella

Last updated April 12, 2025

Rhadinella is a genus of snakes of the subfamily Dipsadinae.^[1]

Geographic range

The genus Rhadinella is endemic to Mexico and Central America.^[1]

The following 20 species are recognized as being valid.^[1]

Rhadinella anachoreta (E.N. Smith & Campbell, 1994)
Rhadinella donaji Campbell, 2015
Rhadinella dysmica Campillo et al., 2016 – Guerrero slender leaf litter snake
Rhadinella godmani (Günther, 1865) – Godman's graceful brown snake
Rhadinella hannsteini (Stuart, 1949) – Hannstein's spot-lipped snake
Rhadinella hempsteadae (Stuart & Bailey, 1941) – Hempstead's pine woods snake
Rhadinella kanalchutchan (Mendelson & Kizirian, 1995) – Kanalchutchan graceful brown snake
Rhadinella kinkelini (Boettger, 1898) – Kinkelin's graceful brown snake^[2]
Rhadinella lachrymans (Cope, 1870) – tearful pine-oak snake
Rhadinella lisyae McCranie, 2017
Rhadinella montecristi (Mertens, 1952) – Monte Cristi graceful brown snake
Rhadinella pegosalyta (McCranie, 2006)
Rhadinella pilonaorum (Stuart, 1954) – Stuart's graceful brown snake
Rhadinella posadasi (Slevin, 1936) – Posada's graceful brown snake
Rhadinella rogerromani (G. Köhler & McCranie, 1999)
Rhadinella schistosa H.M. Smith, 1941 – brokencollar graceful brown snake
Rhadinella serperaster (Cope, 1871)
Rhadinella stadelmani Stuart & Bailey, 1941 – Stadelman's pine woods snake
Rhadinella tolpanorum (Holm & Cruz, 1994)
Rhadinella xerophila Ariano-Sánchez & Campbell, 2018^[3]

Nota bene : A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Rhadinella.

1 2 3 Genus Rhadinella 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 kinkelini, p. 141).
↑ Ariano-Sánchez, Daniel; Campbell, Jonathan A. (2018). "A new species of Rhadinella (Serpentes: Dipsadidae) from the dry forest of Motagua Valley, Guatemala". Zootaxa. 4442 (2): 338–344. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4442.2.10. PMID 30313967. S2CID 52973090.