Graceful mountain snake

The graceful mountain snake (Rhadinophanes monticola) is a genus of snake in the family Colubridae.^[2]

Graceful mountain snake
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Rhadinophanes Myers [fr] & Campbell, 1981
Species:	R. monticola
Binomial name
Rhadinophanes monticola Myers & Campbell, 1981

It is endemic to Guerrero, Mexico, where it is known only from the type locality of Puerto del Gallo in the Sierra Madre del Sur, at approximately 3,000 meters elevation.^[1][3]

References

1. Canseco-Márquez, L.; Campbell, J.A.; Ponce-Campos, P.; Muñoz-Alonso, A.; García Aguayo, A. (2007). "Rhadinophanes monticola". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T63907A12725339. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63907A12725339.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. Rhadinophanes at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 11 October 2018.
3. Rhadinophanes monticola at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 11 October 2018.