A New Genus and New Tribe for Enicognathus melanauchen Jan, 1863, a Neglected South American Snake (Colubridae: Xenodontinae), with Taxonomic Notes on Some Dipsadinae
Author
Myers, Charles W.
text
American Museum Novitates
2011
2011-05-11
2011
3715
1
36
http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1206/3715.2
journal article
10.1206/3715.2
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Rhadinella
Smith, 1941
TYPE
SPECIES
:
Rhadinella schistosa
Smith (1941)
, by original designation and monotypy
.
DEFINITION AND DIAGNOSIS: See group definition in Myers (1974: 119). Separated from
Rhadinaea
and most other dipsadines by the straight-line arrangement of several enlarged posterior maxillary teeth (ultimate fang not offset). The maxillary dentition is similar in
Trimetopon
, a variable genus of diminutive snakes in lower Central America that differs from
Rhadinella
in lacking a basal nude pocket on the hemipenis (Myers, unpublished).
CONTENT: Fifteen species:
Rhadinella anachoreta
(Smith and Campbell)
,
new combination
;
Rhadinella godmani
(Günther)
,
new comb.
;
Rhadinella hannsteini
(Stuart)
,
new comb.
;
Rhadinella hempsteadae
(Stuart and Bailey)
,
new comb.
;
Rhadinella kanalchutchan
(Mendelson III and Kirzirian)
,
new comb.
;
Rhadinella kinkelini
(Boettger)
,
new comb.
;
19
Rhadinella lachrymans
(Cope)
,
new comb.
;
Rhadinella montecristi
(Mertens)
,
new comb.
;
Rhadinella pegosalyta
(McCranie)
,
new comb.
;
Rhadinella pilonaorum
(Stuart)
,
new comb.
;
Rhadinella posadasi
(Slevin)
,
new comb.
;
Rhadinella rogerromani
(Köhler and McCranie)
,
new comb.
;
Rhadinella schistosa
Smith
;
Rhadinella serperaster
(Cope)
,
new comb.
;
Rhadinella tolpanorum
(Holm and Cruz D.)
,
new comb.