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Taxonomy of the genus Rhadinaea Biodiversity of the family Colubridae

Bibliography of the genus
Rhadinaea (Graceful Brown Snakes)

(Reptilia: Serpentes: Colubridae)

Note: In order to limit redundancy, relevant literature indexed in the related bibliographies in the left column may not have been included in this page. For a comprehensive search of literature, these bibliographies should therefore also be consulted.


Rhadinaea in general

Amaral, A. do 1925. South American snakes in the collection of the United States National Museum. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 67(24): 1-30.

Bailey, J.R. 1940. The Mexican snakes of the genus Rhadinaea. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology University of Michigan 412: 1-19.

Cadle, J.E. 1984. Molecular systematics of Neotropical xenodontine snakes. 2. Central American xenodontines. Herpetologica 40(1): 21-30.

Dunn, E.R. 1932. The status of the snake genus Rhadinaea Cope. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology University of Michigan 251: 1-2.

Dunn, E.R. 1938. A new Rhadinaea from Central America. Copeia 1938: 197-198.

Dunn, E.R. 1944. A revision of the Colombian snakes of the genera Leimadophis, Lygophis, Liophis, Rhadinea and Pliocercus with a note on Colombian Coniophanes. Caldasia (Bogota) 2: 479-495.

Hoser, R.T. 2012. A division of the neotropical genus Rhadinaea Cope, 1863 (Serpentes: Colubridae). Australasian Journal of Herpetology 13: 47-54.

Myers, C.W. 1969. South American snakes related to Lygophis boursieri: a reappraisal of Rhadinaea antioquiensis, Rhadinaea tristriata, Coronella whymperi, and Liophis atahuallpae. American Museum Novitates 2385: 1-27.

Myers, C.W. 1974. The systematics of Rhadinaea (Colubridae), a genus of New World snakes. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 153(1): 1-262.

Myers, C.W. 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.

Myers, C.W.; Cadle, J.E. 1994. A new genus for South American snakes related to Rhadinaea obtusa Cope (Colubridae) and resurrection of Taeniophallus Cope for the 'Rhadinaea' brevirostris group. American Museum Novitates 3102: 1-33.

Rivas-Fuenmayor, G.A.; Manzanilla, J.; Rivero, R. 2001. Notas taxonomicas y distribucion geografica del genero Rhadinaea, Cope, 1863 (Serpentes: Colubridae) en Venezuela. Memoria de la Fundacion la Salle de Ciencias Naturales 60(153): 135-140.

Roze, J.A. 1959. Taxonomic notes on a collection of Venezuelan reptiles in the American Museum of Natural History. American Museum Novitates 1934: 1-14.

Stuart, L.C.; Bailey, J.R. 1941. Three new species of the genus Rhadinaea from Guatemala. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology University of Michigan 442: 1-11.

Rhadinaea bogertorum

Ramirez Bautista, A.; Mancilla-Moreno, M. 1999. Natural history notes: Rhadinaea bogertorum (Oaxacan Graceful Brown Snake). Clutch size. Herpetological Review 30(1): 47-48.

Ramirez Bautista, A.; Mancilla-Moreno, M.; Smith, H.M.; Chiszar, D.; Breukelen, F. van 1998. Morphological variation and relationship of Rhadinaea bogertorum (Squamata: Colubridae), an endemic snake of the Sierra de Juarez, Oaxaca, Mexico. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 34(4): 99-106.

Rhadinaea calligaster

Dunn, E.R. 1947. Snakes of the Lérida Farm (Chiriqui Volcano, western Panamá). Copeia 1947: 153-157.

Rhadinaea cuneata

Luria-Manzano, R.; Ramírez-Bautista, A.; Canséco-Márquez, L. 2014. Rediscovery of the rare snake Rhadinaea cuneata Myers, 1974 (Serpentes: Colubridae: Dipsadinae). Journal of Herpetology 48(1): 122-124.

McCoid, M.J.; Dixon, J.R. 1981. Notes on Mexican Rhadinaea (Serpentes: Colubridae). Southwestern Naturalist 26(4): 436-437.

Rhadinaea decorata

Akcali, C.K. 2018. Natural history notes: Rhadinaea decorata (Striped Forest Snake). Diet. Herpetological Review 49(1): 140-141.

Amaral, A. do 1929. Valor systematico de varias formas de ophidios neotropicos. Memorias do Instituto Butantan (Sao Paulo) 4: 3-68.

Bailey, J.R. 1937. A new species of Rhadinaea from San Luis Potosi. Copeia 1937(2): 118-119.

Donini, J.T.; Ussa, M. 2016. Natural history notes: Rhadinaea decorata (Elegant Leaf Litter Snake). Defensive behavior / death feigning. Herpetological Review 47(3): 483.

Goldberg, S.R. 2007. Notes on reproduction of the adorned graceful Brown Snake, Rhadinea decorata (Serpentes, Colubridae), from Costa Rica. Phyllomedusa 6(2): 151-153.

Lenger, D.R.; Berkey, J.K.; Dugas, M.B. 2014. Predation on the toxic Oophaga pumilio (Anura: Dendrobatidae) by Rhadinaea decorata (Squamata: Colubridae). Herpetology Notes 7: 83-84.

Lewis, T.R.; Grant, P.B.C. 2007. On the diet of Rhadinaea decorata (Gunther, 1858). Herpetozoa 20(1-2): 91.

McCranie, J.R. 2004. Geographic distribution: Rhadinaea decorata. Herpetological Review 35(3): 294.

Scott, N.J. 1983. Rhadinaea decorata (culebra). pp. 416. In: Janzen, D.H. (ed.). Costa Rican natural history. University of Chicago Press, Chicago. 816 pp.

Werner, F. 1903. Über Reptilien und Batrachier aus Guatemala und China in der zoologischen Staats-Sammlung in München, nebst einem Anhang über seltene Formen aus anderen Gebieten. Abhandlungen der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 22(2): 343-384.

Rhadinaea flavilata

Akcali, C.K. 2017. Natural history notes: Rhadinaea flavilata (Pine Woods Littersnake). Diurnal activity. Herpetological Review 48(1): 219.

Allen, E.R. 1939. Habits of Rhadinaea flavilata. Copeia 1939: 175.

Beane, J.C. 1989. Geographic distribution: Rhadinaea flavilata (Pine Woods Snake). Herpetological Review 20(3): 76.

Beane, J.C. 1990. Geographic distribution: Rhadinaea flavilata (Pine Woods Snake). Herpetological Review 21(2): 41-42.

Campbell, G.R.; Stickel, W.H. 1939. Notes on the yellow-lipped snake. Copeia 1939: 105.

Camper, J.D. 2011. Geographic distribution: Rhadinaea flavilata (Pine Woods Littersnake). Herpetological Review 42(4): 574.

Durso, A.M.; Smith, L. 2017. Natural history notes: Eleutherodactylus planirostris (Greenhouse Frog). Predation. Herpetological Review 48(3): 606.

Enge, K.M. 1994. Geographic distribution: Rhadinaea flavilata (Pine Woods Snake). USA: Florida: Gulf Co. Herpetological Review 25(4): 168.

Enge, K.M. 2005. Geographic distribution: Rhadinaea flavilata (Pine Woods Littersnake). Herpetological Review 36(4): 470.

Funderburg, J.B. 1958. The yellow-lipped snake, Rhadinaea flavilata Cope in North Carolina. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 74(2): 135-136.

Gillette, C.R.; Enge, K.M. 2007. Geographic distribution: Rhadinaea flavilata (Pine Woods Littersnake). Herpetological Review 38(4): 490-491.

Godwin, J.C. 1992. Geographic distribution: Rhadinaea flavilata (Pine Woods Snake). Herpetological Review 23(3): 92.

Goin, C.J.; Goin, O.B. 1953. Temporal variations in a small community of amphibians and reptiles. Ecology 34(2): 406-408.

Gottlieb, J.A. 1984. Geographic distribution: Rhadinaea flavilata (Pine Woods Snake). Herpetological Review 15(1): 21.

Hillman, A.C.; Jones, K.C.; Dugan, A.N. 2015. Geographic distribution: Rhadinaea flavilata (Pine Woods Littersnake). Herpetological Review 46(4): 576.

Irwin, K.J.; Collins, S.L.; Collins, J.T. 1993. Geographic distribution: Rhadinaea flavilata (Pine Woods Snake). Herpetological Review 24(3): 110.

Malnate, E.V. 1939. A study of the yellow-lipped snake, Rhadinaea flavilata (Cope). Zoologica (New York) 24(3): 359-366.

Mann, T.; Kraemer, J.E. 1979. Geographic distribution: Rhadinaea flavilata (Pine Woods Snake). USA: Georgia: Camden Co. Herpetological Review 10(2): 60.

McKelvy, A.D.; Ozelski-McKelvy, A.; Figueroa, A. 2016. A new non-coastal record for the Pine Woods Littersnake, Rhadinaea flavilata Cope, 1871 (Squamata: Colubridae), in Russell County, Alabama, USA. Check List 12(3)(Article 1913): 1-8.

Mount, R.H. 1986. Pine Woods Snake. pp. 71-72. In: Mount, R.H. (ed.). Vertebrate animals of Alabama in need of special attention. Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Auburn, Alabama. 124 pp.

Myers, C.W. 1967. The Pine Woods Snake, Rhadinea flavilata (Cope). Bull. Florida State Mus. 11: 47-97.

Nelson, D.H.; Cochran, J.D.; Drew, C.G.; Schwaner, T.D. 1994. Geographic distribution: Rhadinaea flavilata (Pine Woods Snake). Herpetological Review 25(1): 34.

Netting, M.G. 1936. Rhadinaea flavilata (Cope) in Texas. Copeia 1986: 114.

Palis, J.G. 1992. Geographic distribution: Rhadinaea flavilata (Pine Woods Snake). Herpetological Review 23(3): 92.

Powell, E.A.; Howell, H.J.; Clements, S.L. 2018. Geographic distribution: Rhadinaea flavilata (Pine Woods Snake). Herpetological Review 49(3): 507.

Pyron, R.A. 2004. Rhadinaea flavilata (pine woods snake). Florida: Gulf Co. Journal of Kansas Herpetology 9: 7.

Pyron, R.A. 2009. Rhadinaea flavilata (pine woods snake). A correction. Journal of Kansas Herpetology 30: 11.

Reichling, S.B.; Louton, P. 1989. Geographic distribution: Rhadinaea flavilata (Pine Woods Snake). Herpetological Review 20(3): 76.

Ruckdeschel, C. 2012. Geographic distribution: Rhadinaea flavilata (Pine Woods Littersnake). Herpetological Review 43(1): 107.

Smith, L.; Walker, S.; Durso, A.M. 2018. Natural history notes: Rhadinaea flavilata (Pinewoods Snake). Diet and defensive behavior. Herpetological Review 49(3): 556.

Stephan, D.L. 1972. Geographic distribution: Radinaea flavilata. USA: North Carolina Dare Co. Herpetological Review 4(5): 171.

Stevenson, D.J.; Enge, K.M. 2013. Geographic distribution: Rhadinaea flavilata (Pine Woods Littersnake). Herpetological Review 44(2): 275.

Turner, R.L. 2003. Geographic distribution: Rhadinaea flavilata (Pine Woods Littersnake). Herpetological Review 34(4): 390.

Walley, H.D. 1999. Rhadinaea flavilata. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 699: 1-5.

Whiteman, H.H.; Mills, T.M.; Scott, D.E.; Whitfield Gibbons, J. 1995. Confirmation of a range extension for the Pine Woods Snake (Rhadinaea flavilata). Herpetological Review 26(3): 158.

Willard, D.E. 1967. Evidence for toxic saliva in Rhadinaea flavilata (the yellow lipped snake). Herpetologica 23: 238.

Wood, K.N. 1998. Geographic distribution: Rhadinaea flavilata (Pine Woods Snake). Herpetological Review 29(4): 249.

Young, D.P. 1988. Geographic distribution: Rhadinaea flavilata (Pine Woods Snake). Herpetological Review 19(1): 20.

Rhadinaea forbesi

Torre-Loranca, M.A. de la; Lopez-Luna, M.A.; Vogt, R.C. 2002. Natural history notes: Rhadinaea forbesi (Forbes's Graceful Brown Snake). Reproduction. Herpetological Review 33(3): 215.

Rhadinaea fulvivittis

Mendoza-Hernández, A.A.; García-Vázquez, U.O. 2010. Natural history notes: Pseudoeurycea nigromaculata (Black-spotted Salamander). Predation. Herpetological Review 41(2): 191.

Rhadinaea gaigeae

Aguilar-Bautista, J.E.; Fernández-Badillo, L.; Hernández-Hernández, S. 2015. Distribution notes: Rhadinaea gaigeae Bailey, 1937. Mesoamerican Herpetology 2(4): 550-551.

Bailey, J.R. 1937. A new species of Rhadinaea from San Luis Potosi. Copeia 1937(2): 118-119.

McCoid, M.J.; Dixon, J.R. 1981. Notes on Mexican Rhadinaea (Serpentes: Colubridae). Southwestern Naturalist 26(4): 436-437.

Zepéda-Hernández, Z.K.; Hernández-Melo, J.A.; Torres-Angeles, F. 2017. Distribution notes: Rhadinaea gaigeae Bailey, 1937. Mesoamerican Herpetology 4(2): 475.

Rhadinaea hesperia

Davis, W.B.; Dixon, J.R. 1959. Snakes of the Chilpancingo region, Mexico. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 72: 79-92.

Loc-Barragán, J.; Calzada Arciniega, R.A.; Alfaro-Juantorena, L.A.; Jiménez-Arcos, V.H. 2018. Geographic distribution: Rhadinaea hesperia (Western Graceful Brown Snake). Herpetological Review 49(3): 507.

Smith, H.M.; Mancilla-Moreno, M.; Chiszar, D. 2001. Rhadinaea hesperia (Serpentes) in Oaxaca, Mexico. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 37(1): 1-2.

Vazquez Diaz, J.; Quintero-Diaz, G.; Smith, H.M. 1999. Geographic distribution: Rhadinaea hesperia (Western Graceful Brown Snake). Herpetological Review 30(4): 236.

Rhadinaea laureata

Auth, D.L.; Brown, B.C.; Smith, H.M.; Chiszar, D. 1999. Geographic distribution: Rhadinaea laureata (Crowned Graceful Brown Snake). Herpetological Review 30(4): 236.

Sanchez-Herrera, O. 1980. Herpetofauna of the Pedregal de San Angel, D.F., Mexico. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 16(1): 9-18.

Villa, R.A.; Bryson, R.W.; Ramirez-Chaparro, R. 2012. Geographic distribution: Rhadinaea laureata (Crowned Graceful Brownsnake). Herpetological Review 43(1): 107.

Villa, R.A.; Bryson, R.W.; Ramirez-Chaparro, R. 2012. Geographic distribution: Rhadinaea laureata (Crowned Graceful Brownsnake). Herpetological Review 43(2): 308-309.

Webb, R.G. 1982. Distributional records for Mexican reptiles. Herpetological Review 13(4): 132.

Rhadinaea macdougalli

Perez-Higareda, G.; Lopez-Luna, M.A.; Chiszar, D.; Smith, H.M. 2002. Additions to and notes on the herpetofauna of Veracruz, Mexico. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 37(4): 67-68.

Ramirez Bautista, A.; Mancilla-Moreno, M.; Smith, H.M.; Chiszar, D.; Breukelen, F. van 1998. Morphological variation and relationship of Rhadinaea bogertorum (Squamata: Colubridae), an endemic snake of the Sierra de Juarez, Oaxaca, Mexico. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 34(4): 99-106.

Rhadinaea marcellae

Hernandez-Garcia, E.; Mendoza-Quijano, F. 1994. Geographic distribution: Rhadinaea marcellae (NCN). Mexico: Hidalgo. Herpetological Review 25(1): 34.

Nieto-Montes de Oca, A.; Mendelson, J.R. 1997. Variation in Rhadinaea marcellae (Squamata: Colubridae), a poorly known species from the Sierra Madre Oriental of Mexico. Journal of Herpetology 31(1): 124-127.

Ramirez Bautista, A.; Mancilla-Moreno, M.; Smith, H.M.; Chiszar, D.; Breukelen, F. van 1998. Morphological variation and relationship of Rhadinaea bogertorum (Squamata: Colubridae), an endemic snake of the Sierra de Juarez, Oaxaca, Mexico. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 34(4): 99-106.

Rhadinaea montana

Bryson, R.W.; Banda, J.; Lazcano, D. 2003. Natural history notes: Rhadinaea montana (Nuevo Leon Graceful Brown Snake). Habitat and diet. Herpetological Review 34(1): 72.

Chaney, A.H.; Liner, E.A. 1986. Geographic distribution: Rhadinaea montana. Herpetological Review 17(3): 67.

Chaney, A.H.; Liner, E.A. 1990. Geographic distribution: Rhadinaea montana (Nuevo Leon Yellow-lipped Snake). Herpetological Review 21(1): 23-24.

García-Vázquez, U.O. 2012. Geographic distribution: Rhadinaea montana (Nuevo Leon Graceful Brown Snake). Herpetological Review 43(2): 309.

Liner, E.A. 1996. Rhadinaea montana. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 640: 1-2.

Liner, E.A.; Chaney, A.H. 1987. Life history notes: Rhadinaea montana (Nuevo Leon Yellow-lipped Snake). Habitat. Herpetological Review 18(2): 37.

Rhadinaea myersi

García-Vázquez, U.O.; Duran-Fuentes, I.; Nieto-Montes de Oca, A.; Smith, H.M. 2009. Rhadinaea myersi (Squamata: Colubridae) in Guerrero and Oaxaca, Mexico. Southwestern Naturalist 54(3): 345-346.

Ramirez Bautista, A.; Mancilla-Moreno, M.; Smith, H.M.; Chiszar, D.; Breukelen, F. van 1998. Morphological variation and relationship of Rhadinaea bogertorum (Squamata: Colubridae), an endemic snake of the Sierra de Juarez, Oaxaca, Mexico. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 34(4): 99-106.

Rossman, D.A. 1965. Two new colubrid snakes of the genus Rhadinaea from southern Mexico. Occasional Papers Museum of Zoology Louisiana State University 32: 1-8.

Rhadinaea nuchalis

García-Vázquez, U.O.; Pavón-Vázquez, C.J.; Blancas-Hernández, J.C.; Blancas-Calva, E.; Centenero-Alcalá, E. 2018. A new rare species of the Rhadinaea decorata group from the Sierra Madre del Sur of Guerrero, Mexico (Squamata, Colubridae). ZooKeys 780: 137–154.

Rhadinaea quinquelineata

McCoid, M.J.; Dixon, J.R. 1981. Notes on Mexican Rhadinaea (Serpentes: Colubridae). Southwestern Naturalist 26(4): 436-437.

Rhadinaea sargenti

Myers, C.W.; Ibanez, R.D. 2012. Rhadinaea 'sargenti', a misspelled patronym honoring Commander William M. Sergeant (1902-1983). Herpetological Review 43(4): 591-593.

Rhadinaea taeniata

Bryson, R.W.; Lazcano, D. 2004. Natural history notes: Thamnophis godmani (Godman's Garter Snake). Diet. Herpetological Review 35(1): 73-74.

Davis, W.B.; Dixon, J.R. 1959. Snakes of the Chilpancingo region, Mexico. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 72: 79-92.

García-Sotelo, U.A.; Martínez-Fuentes, R.G.; García-Vázquez, U.O. 2018. Geographic distribution: Rhadinaea taeniata (Pine-oak Snake). Herpetological Review 49(1): 78.

Zaldivar-Riverón, A.; Perez-Ramos, E. 2001. Geographic distribution: Rhadinaea taeniata aemula (Mimic Pine-oak Snake). Herpetological Review 32(3): 196.