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Graceful mountain snake

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Graceful mountain snake
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Rhadinophanes
Myers [fr] & Campbell, 1981
Species:
R. monticola
Binomial name
Rhadinophanes monticola
Myers & Campbell, 1981

The graceful mountain snake (Rhadinophanes monticola) is a genus of snake in the family Colubridae.[2]

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

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  1. ^ a b 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.
  2. ^ Rhadinophanes at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 11 October 2018.
  3. ^ Rhadinophanes monticola at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 11 October 2018.