Rhadinaea montana SMITH, 1944

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Higher Taxa	Colubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Nuevo Leon Graceful Brown Snake S: Hojarasquera de Nuevo León
Synonym	Rhadinaea montana SMITH 1944: 146 Rhadinaea montana — LINER 1994 Rhadinaea montana — LINER 2007 Rhadinaea montana — WALLACH et al. 2014: 641
Distribution	Mexico (Nuevo Leon) Type locality: Mexico, Nuevo Leon, Galeana, Ojo de Agua.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: FMNH 30826
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: Eight supralabials; ventrals 170 to 179, caudals 99 to 101; dorsolateral light stripes usually briefly interrupted a short distance behind eye, and again on nape; ends of ventrals not or very feebly dark-spotted; dorsolateral light stripe involving fifth and sixth scale rows; a secondary dark line on eighth scale row, and narrow paravertebral light lines; sides light below dark border of dorsolateral light stripes [from SMITH 1944].
Comment	Group: Rhadinaea decorata group
Etymology	Named after Latin “montanus”, meaning “pertaining to mountains.
References	Chaney, A. H.; Liner, E. A. 1986. Rhadinaea montana. Herpetological Review 17 (3): - get paper here García-Vázquez, U. O. 2012. Geographic distribution: Rhadinaea montana (Nuevo Léon graceful brownsnake). Herpetological Review 43: 309 - get paper here Heimes, P. 2016. Snakes of Mexico. Chimaira, Frankfurt, 572 pp Liner E A. 1996. Rhadinaea montana Smith. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (640): 1-2. - get paper here Liner, E. A.; Chaney, A. H. 1987. Rhadinaea montana: habitat. Herpetological Review 18 (2): 37 - get paper here Liner, Ernest A. 2007. A CHECKLIST OF THE AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES OF MEXICO. Louisiana State University Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural Science 80: 1-60 - get paper here Nevárez-de-los-Reyes, Manuel, David Lazcano, Elí García-Padilla, Vicente Mata-Silva, Jerry D. Johnson and Larry David Wilson. 2016. The Herpetofauna of Nuevo León, Mexico: Composition, Distribution, and Conservation. Mesoamerican Herpetology 3 (3): 558–638 - get paper here Smith, Hobart M. 1944. Snakes of the Hoogstraal Expeditions to northern Mexico. Zoological Series of Field Museum of Natural History 29 (8): 135-152 - get paper here Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue] Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp.
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.uanl.mx/facs/fcb/deptos/herpetologia/imagenes/fotos/Galeria… https://www.facebook.com/groups/stshc/posts/463693249188612/ Google images

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