Rhadinaea vermiculaticeps

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Dipsadidae
Subfamilia: Dipsadinae
Genus: Rhadinaea
Species: Rhadinaea vermiculaticeps

Name

• Rhadinaea vermiculaticeps (Cope, 1860)

Lectotype: ANSP 3535, ♂. [designated by Myers (1974: 164)]

Type locality: “Veragua, New Grenada” (2 specimens) and “native country unknown” (1 specimen), restricted by lectotype designation to “Cocuyos de Veraguas, Veraguas Province, Panama” by Myers (1974: 164).

Paralectotype: ANSP 3534, ♂, same locality as lectotype; and ANSP 3741, ♂, locality unknown. [designated by Myers (1974: 164)]

Combinations

• Taeniophis vermiculaticeps Cope, 1860: 249 [original combination]
• Rhadinaea vermiculaticeps — Cope, 1863: 101 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Cope, E.D. 1860. Catalogue of the Colubridae in the Museum of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, with notes and descriptions of new species. Part 2. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12: 241–266. BHL Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1863. Descriptions of new American Squamata, in the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 15: 100–106. BHL Reference page. 
• Myers, C.W. 1974. The systematics of Rhadinaea (Colubridae), a genus of New World snakes. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 153: 1–262. hdl: 2246/605

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2025. Rhadinaea vermiculaticeps. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 16 May 2018.
• Ibanez, M. & Jaramillo, C. 2013. IUCN: Rhadinaea vermiculaticeps  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T203587A2768948. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T203587A2768948.en

Vernacular names

English: Vermiculate Graceful Brown Snake