Rhadinella kinkelini

Rhadinella kinkelini, also known commonly as the Kinkelin graceful brown snake, Kinkelin's graceful brown snake, and la hojarasquera de Kinkelin in Central American Spanish, is a species of snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. The species is native to Central America.

Rhadinella kinkelini
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Rhadinella
Species:	R. kinkelini
Binomial name
Rhadinella kinkelini (Boettger, 1898)
Synonyms[2]
Rhadinaea kinkelini Boettger, 1898 Rhadinaea veraepacis Stuart & Bailey, 1941 Trimetopon veraepacis (Stuart & Bailey, 1941) Rhadinaea pinicola Mertens, 1952

Etymology

The specific name, kinkelini, is in honor of German geologist Georg Friedrich Kinkelin.^[3]

Geographic range

R. kinkelini is found in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and in extreme southeastern Mexico in the Mexican state of Chiapas.^[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of R. kinkelini is forest.^[1]

Behavior

R. kinkelini is terrestrial, and it is both diurnal and nocturnal.^[1]

Reproduction

R. kinkelini is oviparous.^[2]