Rhadinaea forbesi

Rhadinaea forbesi
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Rhadinaea
Species:	R. forbesi
Binomial name
Rhadinaea forbesi H.M. Smith, 1942

Rhadinaea forbesi, also known commonly as Forbes' graceful brown snake[1][2] and la hojarasquera de Forbes in Mexican Spanish,[2] is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Mexico.[2]

Etymology

The specific name, forbesi, is in honor of Dyfrig McHattie Forbes, who was both a Mexican planter and an amateur herpetologist.[3]

Geographic range

R. forbesi is found in the Mexican state of Veracruz.[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of R. forbesi is forest, at altitudes of 518–1,500 m (1,699–4,921 ft).[1]

Behavior

R. forbesi is terrestrial and fossorial.[1]

Reproduction

R. forbesi is oviparous.[1][2]

References

1. Lopez-Luna, M.A.; Canseco-Márquez, L.; Santos-Barrera, G. (2007). "Rhadinaea forbesi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T63891A12718473. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63891A12718473.en. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
2. Species Rhadinaea forbesi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Rhadinaea forbesi, p. 91).

Further reading

• Heimes P (2016). Snakes of Mexico: Herpetofauna Mexicana Vol. I. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Chimaira. 572 pp. ISBN 978-3899731002.
• Liner EA (2007). "A Checklist of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Mexico". Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University (80): 1–60. (Rhadinaea forbesi, p. 52).
• Smith HM (1942). "Descriptions of New Species and Subspecies of Mexican Snakes of the Genus Rhadinaea ". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 55: 185–192. (Rhadinaea forbesi, new species, pp. 188–189 + Figure 3 on p. 192).