Woodland Snakes

Rhadinaea is a genus of snakes of the family Colubridae.^[1]

Species

The following 21 species are recognized as being valid.^[1]

• Rhadinaea bogertorum C. Myers, 1974 – Oaxacan graceful brown snake
• Rhadinaea calligaster (Cope, 1876) – thick graceful brown snake
• Rhadinaea cuneata C. Myers, 1974 – Veracruz graceful brown snake
• Rhadinaea decorata (Günther, 1858) – adorned graceful brown snake
• Rhadinaea flavilata (Cope, 1871) – pine woods snake
• Rhadinaea forbesi H.M. Smith, 1942 – Forbes's graceful brown snake
• Rhadinaea fulvivittis Cope, 1875 – ribbon graceful brown snake
• Rhadinaea gaigeae Bailey, 1937 – Gaige's pine forest snake
• Rhadinaea hesperia Bailey, 1940 – western graceful brown snake
• Rhadinaea laureata (Günther, 1868) – crowned graceful brown snake
• Rhadinaea macdougalli H.M. Smith & Langebartel, 1949 – MacDougall's graceful brown snake
• Rhadinaea marcellae Taylor, 1949 – Marcella's graceful brown snake
• Rhadinaea montana H.M. Smith, 1944 – Nuevo León graceful brown snake
• Rhadinaea myersi Rossman, 1965 – Myers's graceful brown snake
• Rhadinaea nuchalis Gárcia-Vázquez, Pavón-Vázquez, Blancas-Hernández, Blancas-Calva & Centenero-Alcalá, 2018
• Rhadinaea omiltemana (Günther, 1894) – Guerreran pine woods snake
• Rhadinaea pulveriventris Boulenger, 1896 – common graceful brown snake
• Rhadinaea quinquelineata Cope, 1886 – Pueblan graceful brown snake
• Rhadinaea sargenti Dunn & Bailey, 1939 – Sargent's graceful brown snake
• Rhadinaea taeniata (W. Peters, 1863) – pine-oak snake
• Rhadinaea vermiculaticeps (Cope, 1860) – vermiculate graceful brown snake

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Rhadinaea.

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