Rhadinaea macdougalli

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| status = DD

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Canseco-Márquez, L.|author-link=Luis Canseco-Márquez |date=2007 |title=Rhadinaea macdougalli |volume=2007 |page=e.T63899A12719866|url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/63899/12719866|access-date=20 November 2021}}

| genus = Rhadinaea

| species = macdougalli

| authority = H.M. Smith & Langebartel, 1949

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Rhadinaea macdougalli, also known commonly as MacDougall's graceful brown snake and la hojarasquera de MacDougall in Mexican Spanish, is a species of snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. The species is native to southeastern Mexico.

Etymology

The specific name, macdougalli, is in honor of naturalist Thomas Baillie MacDougall.{{EponymDictionaryReptiles}}{{rp|164}}

Description

Rhadinaea macdougalli is a small brown snake, with some faint light lines. The dorsal scales are arranged in 17 rows at midbody. The ventrals number about 119. The subcaudals number about 75 in males, fewer in females.

Geographic range

Rhadinaea macdougalli is found in the Mexican states of Oaxaca and Veracruz.{{EMBL species|genus=Rhadinaea|species=macdougalli}}

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of Rhadinaea macdougalli is forest.

Reproduction

Rhadinaea macdougalli is oviparous.

Taxonomy

Rhadinaea macdougalli is a member of the Rhadinaea decorata species group.