Rhadinella hempsteadae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Dipsadinae
Genus: Rhadinella
Species: Rhadinella hempsteadae

Name

Rhadinella hempsteadae (Stuart & Bailey, 1941)

• Holotype: UMMZ 89080, adult ♂, collected by L.C. Stuart on 26 May 1940.
• Type locality: “cloud forest zone (ca. 5700 feet) above Finca Chichén, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala”.

Combinations

• Rhadinaea hempsteadae Stuart & Bailey, 1941: 2 [original combination]
• Rhadinella hempsteadae — Myers, 2011 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Stuart, L.C. & Bailey, J.R. 1941. Three new species of the genus Rhadinaea from Guatemala. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 442: 1–11.

Links

• Acevedo, M., Ariano-Sánchez, D. & Johnson, J. 2014. IUCN: Rhadinella hempsteadae  (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T202417A2744209. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T202417A2744209.en. Accessed on 21 January 2026.

Vernacular names

• English: Hempstead's Pine Woods Snake