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Rhabdophis adleri

{{Short description|Species of snake}}

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Lau, M. |author-link=species:Michael Wai-Neng Lau |author2=Li, P. |author2-link=species:Pi-Peng Li |date=2012 |title=Rhabdophis adleri |volume=2012 |page=e.T199777A2611719 |url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/199777/2611719 |access-date=18 November 2021}}

| genus = Rhabdophis

| species = adleri

| authority = Zhao, 1997

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Rhabdophis adleri is a species of keelback snake in the subfamily Natricinae of the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to China.

Etymology

The specific name, adleri, is in honor of American herpetologist Kraig Adler.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. (Rhabdophis adleri, p. 2).

Geographic range

R. adleri is found on Hainan Island, China.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of R. adleri are forest, shrubland, and grassland, at altitudes of {{cvt|82|–|1,000|m|ft}}.

Diet

R. adleri preys upon fishes and frogs.

Reproduction

R. adleri is oviparous.

References

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Further reading

  • Mori A, Jono T, Ding L, Zhu G-X, Wang J, Shi H-T, Tang Y (2016). "Discovery of Nucho-Dorsal Glands in Rhabdophis adleri ". Current Herpetology 35 (1): 53–58.
  • Zhao E (1997). "A New Species of Rhabdophis (Serpentes: Colubridae) from Hainan Island, China". Asiatic Herpetological Research 7: 166–169. (Rhabdophis adleri, new species).
  • Zhao E (2006). [Snakes of China ]. Hefei, China: Anhui Science and Technology Press. Volume I, 372 pp. Volume II, 280 pp., color plates. {{ISBN|978-7533735661}}. (in Chinese).

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Category:Rhabdophis

Category:Snakes of Southeast Asia

Category:Reptiles of China

Category:Endemic fauna of China

Category:Reptiles described in 1997

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