Graceful mountain snake
The graceful mountain snake (Rhadinophanes monticola) is a genus of snake in the family Colubridae.[2]
| Graceful mountain snake | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Rhadinophanes Myers & Campbell, 1981 |
| Species: | R. monticola |
| Binomial name | |
| Rhadinophanes monticola Myers & Campbell, 1981 | |
It is endemic to Guerrero, Mexico, where it is known only from the type locality of Puerto del Gallo in the Sierra Madre del Sur, at approximately 3,000 meters elevation.[1][3]
References
- Canseco-Márquez, L.; Campbell, J.A.; Ponce-Campos, P.; Muñoz-Alonso, A.; García Aguayo, A. (2007). "Rhadinophanes monticola". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T63907A12725339. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63907A12725339.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- Rhadinophanes at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 11 October 2018.
- Rhadinophanes monticola at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 11 October 2018.
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