Rhadinella kinkelini

Rhadinella kinkelini
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Rhadinella
Species:	R. kinkelini
Binomial name
	Rhadinella kinkelini; (Boettger, 1898)
Synonyms
	Rhadinaea kinkelini; Boettger, 1898; Rhadinaea veraepacis; Stuart & Bailey, 1941; Trimetopon veraepacis; (Stuart & Bailey, 1941); Rhadinaea pinicola; Mertens, 1952;

Last updated October 06, 2025

Rhadinella kinkelini, also known commonly as the Kinkelin graceful brown snake, Kinkelin's graceful brown snake, and la hojarasquera de Kinkelin in Central American Spanish, is a species of snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. The species is native to Central America.

Etymology

The specific name, kinkelini, is in honor of German geologist Georg Friedrich Kinkelin.^[3]

Geographic range

R. kinkelini is found in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and in extreme southeastern Mexico in the Mexican state of Chiapas.^[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of R. kinkelini is forest.^[1]

Behavior

R. kinkelini is terrestrial, and it is both diurnal and nocturnal.^[1]

Reproduction

R. kinkelini is oviparous.^[2]

References

1 2 3 Campbell, J.A.; Muñoz-Alonso, A. (2013). "Rhadinella kinkelini ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2013 e.T63896A3130874. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
1 2 3 Species Rhadinella kinkelini at The Reptile Database
↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Rhadinaea kinkelini, p. 141).

Boettger O (1898). Katalog der Reptilien-Sammlung im Museum der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Frankfurt am Main. II. Teil (Schlangen). Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Naturmuseum Senckenberg. (Gebrüder Knauer, printers). ix + 160 pp. (Rhadinaea kinkelini, new species, p. 68). (in German).
Heimes P (2016). Snakes of Mexico: Herpetofauna Mexicana Vol. I. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Edition Chimaira. 572 pp. ISBN 978-3899731002.
Hofmann, Erich P.; Mason, Andrew J.; Townsend, Josiah H.; Galeano, Carlos Andino; Vindel, José Anibal; Parkinson, Christopher L. (2019). "Rhadinella kinkelini (Kinkelin's Graceful Brown Snake). Reproduction and Distribution". Herpetological Review50 (2): 402–403.
McCranie JR, Wilson LD (1991). "Rhadinaea kinkelini Boettger". Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles523: 1–2.

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[iucn_status_20_November_2021-1] 1 2 3 Campbell, J.A.; Muñoz-Alonso, A. (2013). "Rhadinella kinkelini ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2013 e.T63896A3130874. Retrieved 20 November 2021.

[RDB-2] 1 2 3 Species Rhadinella kinkelini at The Reptile Database

[3] Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Rhadinaea kinkelini, p. 141).

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