Rhadinella hempsteadae, also known commonly as Hempstead's pine woods snake, is a species of snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Guatemala.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Rhadinella |
| Species: | R. hempsteadae
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| Rhadinella hempsteadae | |
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Etymology edit
The specific name, hempsteadae, is in honor of Guatemalan coffee planter Maria Luisa Hempstead.[3]
Habitat edit
The preferred natural habitat of R. hempsteadae is forest, at altitudes of 1,600–2,600 m (5,200–8,500 ft).[1]
Description edit
The holotype of R. hempsteadae, an adult male, has a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 266 mm (10.5 in), plus a tail length of 128 mm (5.0 in).[4]
Behavior edit
R. hempsteadae is terrestrial and fossorial.[1]
Reproduction edit
References edit
- ^ a b c Acevedo, M.; Ariano-Sánchez, D.; Johnson, J. (2022). "Rhadinella hempsteadae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T202417A217779061. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ a b c Species Rhadinella hempsteadae at The Reptile Database
- ^ 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 hempsteadae, p. 121).
- ^ Stuart LC, Bailey JR (1941).
Further reading edit
- Köhler G (2008). Reptiles of Central America, 2nd Edition. (With a foreword by Larry David Wilson). Offenbach am Main, Germany: Herpeton Verlag. 400 pp. ISBN 978-3936180282.
- Mendelson JR III, Kizirian DA (1995). "Geographic Variation in Rhadinaea hempsteadae (Serpentes: Colubridae) with Description of a New Species from Chiapas, Mexico". Herpetologica 51 (3): 301–313.
- Myers CW (2011). "A New Genus and New Tribe for Enicognathus melanauchen Jan, 1863, a Neglected South American Snake (Colubridae: Xenodontinae), with Taxonomic Notes on Some Dipsadinae". American Museum Novitates (3715): 1–33. (Rhadinella hempsteadae, new combination, p. 28).
- Stuart LC, Bailey JR (1941). "Three New Species of the Genus Rhadinaea from Guatemala". Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan (442): 1–11. (Rhadinaea hempsteadae, new species, pp. 2–4).
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