Rhadinaea gaigeae

Rhadinaea gaigeae is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Mexico.[1]

Rhadinaea gaigeae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Rhadinaea
Species:
R. gaigeae
Binomial name
Rhadinaea gaigeae
Bailey, 1937

Etymology

The specific name, gaigeae, is in honor of American herpetologist Helen Beulah Thompson Gaige.[2]

Geographic range

R. gaigeae is found in the Mexican states of Durango, Hidalgo, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, and Tamaulipas.[1]

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References

  1. Species Rhadinaea gaigeae at The Reptile Database
  2. 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 gaigeae, p. 96).

Further reading

  • Bailey JR (1937). "A New Species of Rhadinaea from San Luis Potosí ". Copeia 1937 (2): 118–119. (Rhadinaea gaigeae, new species).



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