Rhadinaea bogertorum, also known commonly as the Oaxacan graceful brown snake and la hojarasquera de Oaxaca in Mexican Spanish, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to Mexico.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Rhadinaea |
| Species: | R. bogertorum
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| Binomial name | |
| Rhadinaea bogertorum C. Myers, 1974
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Etymology
editThe specific name, bogertorum (genetive plural), is in honor of American herpetologist Charles Mitchill Bogert and his wife Martha.[2]
Geographic range
editHabitat
editThe preferred natural habitat of R. bogertorum is forest.[1]
Description
editThe holotype of R. bogertorum has a total length of 44.8 cm (17.6 in), which includes a tail length of 13.3 cm (5.2 in). The dorsal scales are smooth, without apical pits, and in 17 rows throughout the length of the body.[4]
Reproduction
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Canseco-Márquez, L. (2007). "Rhadinaea bogertorum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T63888A12717986. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ 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 bogertorum, p. 30).
- ^ a b Species Rhadinaea bogertorum at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ Myers CW (1974).
Further reading
edit- Heimes P (2016). Snakes of Mexico: Herpetofauna Mexicana Vol I. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Chimaira. 572 pp. ISBN 978-3899731002.
- Mata-Silva V, Johnson JD, Wilson LD, García-Padilla E (2015). "The herpetofauna of Oaxaca Mexico: composition, physiographic distribution, and conservation status". Mesoamerican Herpetology 2 (1): 6–62.
- Myers CW (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 bogertorum, new species, pp. 59–66, Figures 10J, 11G, 13, Map 5).
- Ramirez-Bautista A, Mancilla-Moreno M, Smith HM, Chiszar D, van Breukelen F (1998). "Morphological Variation and Relationship of Rhadinaea bogertorum (Squamata: Colubridae), an Endemic Snake of the Sierra de Juarez, Oaxaca, Mexico". Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 34 (4): 99-122.
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