Rhadinella kinkelini
Species of snake
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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 | |
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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] | |
Etymology
The specific name, kinkelini, is in honor of German geologist Georg Friedrich Kinkelin.[3]
Geographic range
Habitat
Behavior
R. kinkelini is terrestrial, and it is both diurnal and nocturnal.[1]
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