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Rhadinella godmani

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Rhadinella godmani
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Rhadinella
Species:
R. godmani
Binomial name
Rhadinella godmani
(Günther, 1865)
Synonyms[2][3]
  • Dromicus godmanni [sic]
    Günther, 1865
  • Rhadinæa godmanni
    Cope, 1876
  • Coronella godmani [sic]
    Günther, 1893
    (emendation)
  • Rhadinæa godmani
    Boulenger, 1894
  • Rhadinaea altamontana
    Taylor, 1954
  • Rhadinaea binfordi
    Rossman, 1965
  • Rhadinaea godmani
    J. Peters & Orejas-Miranda, 1970
  • Rhadinella godmani
    C. Myers, 2011

Rhadinella godmani, also known commonly as Godman's graceful brown snake, and as la culebra-café de Godman and la lagartijerita de Godman in American Spanish, is a species of snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. The species is native to Central America and southern Mexico. There are two recognized subspecies.

Geographic range

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R. godmani is found in extreme southeastern Mexico, in the Mexican states of Chiapas and Oaxaca, and in Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Costa Rica, and Panama.[1][3]

Habitat

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The preferred natural habitat of R. godmani is forest, at altitudes of 1,200–2,650 m (3,940–8,690 ft), but has also been found in pasture land.[1]

Description

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The longest specimen in the type series of R. godmani has total length of 44.5 cm (17.5 in), which includes a tail 13 cm (5.1 in) long.[2] The dorsal scales are arranged in 21 rows throughout the length of the body.[3]

Reproduction

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R. godmani is oviparous.[1][3]

Subspecies

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Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.[3]

  • Rhadinella godmani godmani (Günther, 1865)
  • Rhadinella godmani zilchi (Mertens, 1952)

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

Etymology

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The specific name, godmani, is in honor of British naturalist Frederick DuCane Godman.[4]

The subspecific name, zilchi, is in honor of German malacologist Adolf Michael Zilch.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Köhler, G.; Chaves, G.; Porras, L.W.; Solórzano, A. (2013). "Rhadinella godmani ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T198402A128556013. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Boulenger GA (1894). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xi + 382 pp. + Plates I–XX. (Rhadinæa godmani, pp. 179–180).
  3. ^ a b c d e Species Rhadinella godmani at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  4. ^ 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. (Godman, p. 102).
  5. ^ Mertens R (1952).

Further reading

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  • Günther A (1865). "Fourth Account of new Species of Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Third Series 15: 89–98 + Plates II–III. ("Dromicus Godmanni [sic]", new species, p. 94).
  • Heimes P (2016). Snakes of Mexico: Herpetofauna Mexicana Vol. I. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Edition Chimaira. 572 pp. ISBN 978-3899731002.
  • McCranie JR, Wilson LD (1992). "Rhadinaea godmani ". Catalogue of American Amphibian and Reptiles 546: 1–3.
  • Mertens R (1952). "Neues über die Reptilienfauna von El Salvador ". Zoologischer Anzeiger 148: 87–93. (Rhadinaea zilchi, new species, p. 92). (in German).
  • Myers CW (2011). "A New Genus and New Tribe for Enicognathus melanauchen Jan, 1863, a Neglected South American Snake (Colubridae: Xenodontinae), with Taxonomic Notes on Some Dipsadinae". American Museum Novitates (3715): 1–33. (Rhadinella godmani, new combination).