Rhadinophanes monticola

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: Rhadinophanes
Species: Rhadinophanes monticola

Name

• Rhadinophanes Myers & Campbell 1981: 5

Holotype: AMNH 116332, subadult ♂.

Type locality: “1 mile (1.6 km.) north of Puerto del Gallo, [17˚27'N, 100˚09'W], at an elevation of approximately 9000 feet (~2750 m.) on Cerro Teótepec, State of Guerrero, Mexico”.

References

Primary references

• Myers, C.W. & Campbell, J.A. 1981. A new genus and species of colubrid snake from the Sierra Madre del Sur of Guerrero, Mexico. American Museum Novitates 2708: 1–20. hdl: 2246/5361 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2025. Rhadinophanes monticola. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 15 March 2018.
• Canseco-Márquez, L., Campbell, J.A., Ponce-Campos, P., Muñoz-Alonso, A. & García Aguayo, A. 2007. IUCN: Rhadinophanes monticola  (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T63907A12725339. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63907A12725339.en

Vernacular names

English: Graceful Mountain Snake