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McCranie, J.R. and L.D.Wilson. 1991. Rbadinaea kinkelini.

Rbadinaea kinklini Boenger, 1898:68. Type-locality, 'Matagalpa, Nicaragua," but probably from a higher elevation in the Cordil- lera Dariense above Matagalpa (Myers, 1974). Holotype, Natur- Museurn und Forxhungs-Institut Sendtenberg (SMF) 19062 (Mertens, l%n, an adult female, collected by Adolf Kinkelin, donated in 1897 (not examined by authors). Liopbis kinkelini: Amaral, 1929:172. Rbadinaea maepacic Stuart and Bailey, 1941:9. 'Icype-locality, 'in the pine zone (5100 ft.) at Pica Chichh, Alta Verapaz, Guate- mala." Holotype, Univ. Michigan Mus. 2001. (UMMZ) 89077, a juvenile male, colleaed by L.C. Stuart, 17 May 1940 (not exam- ined by authors). Trimetopon mat.pacis: Stuart, 1949167. T(rimetopon). ~erqagicSokolov, 1988:335. Lapsus.

Conten+ The is monotypic.

Deffnltion and Magnosls. Rbadinaea kinkelini is a sd Map. Distribution of Rbadinaea kinkelini The solid circlemarksthe species (maximum knownTL, 376 mrn) of the R. godmanigroup with type-locality, open circles mark other known localities. 17 smooth dorsal scale rows throughout the body, 8 supralabials, 1 preocular, 2 postoculars,and 1+2 temporals. Ventrals andsubcaudals range from 136-163(136-150 in males, 148-164 in females) and from on scutellation by including data on one additional Honduran speci- 7@83(77-83 in males, 70-73 in females), respedively. men. Campbell (1982) induded some scutellationaldata and infor- The body pattern consists of a tan to brown ground color and a mation on maxillary tooth numbers, including data taken from Myers complex of dark lines and stripes. A prominent middorsal stripe, (1974) and specimens collected in the Sierra de las Minas of Guate- occupying the middle portion of the middorsal row, and another mala. lateral stripe, occupying row 4 and adjacent portions of rows 3 and 5, are present. Supplemental stripes or lines are present on the ventral Illustrations. Wion and Meyer (1985) provided a color tips and the adjacent portion of row 1, and on the adjacent edges of photograph of R. kinkelini Myers (1974) included black and white rows 1 and 2,2 and 3,6 and 7, and occasionally 5 and 6 and/or 7 and photographs showing the head and neck panerns of two specimens. 8. The venter is creamy yellow. The headis dark browndonally with The midbody color panem was illustrated in Myers (1974) and Wilson paired pale spots on the frontal scute (at least in preservative, not and Meyer (1982,19851. always visible in life). The tan neck ring is about 2 scales long, is usually interrupted by the vertebral line, and is usually located 2 Mst+lbution. Rbadinaea binkelinioccurs in disjunct mon- scales behind the parietals. The supralabials are brown-edged with tane habitats of both versants from central Guatemala and extreme aeam centers on the fust seven, those of 6 and 7 are sometimesfused, northwestern El Salvador southward through Honduras to north- '... creating the impression of a pale stripe from the eye to the lip" central Nicaragua. The species has been recorded from 1W@2200 m (Wilson and Meyer, 1985). The chin is cream. elevation in hardwood cloud forests (Lower Montane Wet Forest and Lower MontaneMoist Forest formationsof Holdridge, 1967) and pine Descriptions. Boenger (1898) described the scutellation forest (Subtropical Moist Forest formation of Holdridge, 1967). and color panem of the holotype. Myers (1974) desaibed the Honduran specimens with data available were taken from scutellation,color panern, rnaxlllvy dentition, and hemipenis based beneath logs in cleared areas of hardwood cloud forest or inside or on five specimens, includingthe holotype of R. maspacis Stuart and under rotten pine logs in pine forest. Campbell (1982) stated that the Bailey. Wilson and Meyer (1985) supplemented Myers' (1974) data species was eliminated or drastically reduced in abundance by

Figure 1. Rhadinaea kinkelinifrorn 22.5 km E Nueva Ocdepeque, Depto. Ocotepeque, Honduras.

t dearing of the hardwood doud forests in the Sierra de las Minas of KU 217397, Depto. Intibud, 18.1 km NW La Esperulza; KU 217398, Guatemala. The holotype of R. veraepacis'was found ensnared in a Depto. La Paz, 13.7 km N Mucala. spider-web ...* (Stuart and Bailey, 1941).

Fossil Record None. Amual,A. do. 1929. Estudos sobre ophidios neouopicos.XW1. Lisu PednentLiterature. Myers(l974)synonymized Rhadinaea remisswadosophidios®Monearopica.Mem 1nst.Butantan ueraqacisStuan and Bailey of Guatemala with R. kinksliniBoenger 4:i-viii, 127-271. of Nicaragua and recorded the species from El Salvador. Meyer and Anonymous. 19%. Fauna Nicaragiiense. Lista preliminat. Inst. Niu- Wilson (1972) reported the fist record of R. kinkelini from Honduras. ngiiense Rec. Nat. Amb., Managua. Campbell (1982) presented a dadogram showing the proposed Boenger, 0.1898. Katalog der Reptilien-Samrnlungin Museum der relationshipsof kinkeliniwithin the R. godmumigroup. Myers(1974) Sendtenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Prank- sumrnarizedthe little available ecologiml information. Campbell and fun am Main. 11. Teil (Schlangen). Gebr. Knauer, Frulkhm. Vannini (1989) presented a table on the distribution and elevational Campbell, JA. 1982. The biogeography of the doud forest herpet* range of the species in Guatemala. Wdson et al. (1979) cited two fauna of Middle America, with special reference to the Sierra de localities where R. kinkelini is known to occur syntopically with two las Minas of Guatemala. Ph.D. dissertation, Univ. Kansas, Law- other members ofthe R.gdmanigroup. Villaet d.(1988)listed most rence. of the pertinent literature. -and J.P. Vannini. 1989. Distribution of amphibii and reptiles in Guatemala and Belize. Proc. West. Found. Ven. Zool.4:l-21. Etymology. The specfic name honors Adolf Kinkelin, the Holdridge, L.R 1967. Life zone ecology. Rev. ed. Trop. Scii Ctr., San collector of the holotype. The common name Lagartijerita (Little Jos4 costa Ria. Lizard Hunter) was used by Anon. (1984) and Lagvtijerita Raya& Mertens, R 1967. Die herpetologische Sektion des Natur-Museums (Liule Striped Lizvd Hunter) by Villa (1983). und Porschungs-Institutes Sendtenberg in Frankfurt a. M. nebst einem Veneichnis ihrer Typen. Senckenbergiana Biol. 48:l- Comments. Nothing has been published on the food habits 106. of this species. The head and neck of a , Ade@bicos Meyer, J.R. and L.D. Wilson. 1972 (1971). Taxonomic studies and quadriuirgahrs(KU 203088), was removed by us fromthestomachof notes on some Honduran amphibians and reptiles. Bull. S. Cali- a Honduran specimen of R. kinkelini (KU 203089). fodAcad Sci. 70:106-114. Data in the Definition section also indudes those on recently- Myers, C.W. 1974.ThesystermtiaofRhad~(Colubr~e),a colleaed Honduran specimens as follows: FMNH 236107, Depto. of New World . Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 1531-262. Ocotepeque, El Podlo deocotepeque, 20.1 krnE Nueva Ocotepeque; Sokolov, V.E. (ed.). 1988. Dictionary of anid names in five lan- guages. Amphibians andreptiles. RusskyYazyk Publ., Moscow. Stuart, LC. 1949.Anew Trime&pon(Ophidia) fromGuatemala. Pm. Biol. Soc. Washington 62165-168. -and J.R Bailey. 194 1.Three new species of the genus Rbadinma from Guatemala. Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool., Univ. Michigan(442):l- 11. Via, J. 1983. Peces, ulfibios, y reptiles Nicaraguenses: lista y biblio- gafi.Nicaraguan fishes, amphibians &reptiles: a checklist and bibliography. Univ. Centroamericula, Managua. -, LD. Wilson, and J.D. Johnson. 1988. Middle American herpe- tology. A bibliographic checklist. Univ. Missouri Press, Colum- bia. Wilson, L.D.J.R McCrulie,andL. Porn. 1979.Rbadinaeamontecristi Mertens: an addition to the snake fauna of Honduras. Herpetol. Rev. 10:62. -and J.R Meyer. 1982. The snakes of Honduras. Milwaukee Publ. Mus. Publ. Biol. Geol. (6):l-159. -and -. 1985. The snakes of Honduras. 2nd ed. Milwaukee Publ. Mus.

James R McCranie, 10770 S.W. 164th Street, Miami, PL 33157, and Larry David Wllson. Department of Biolow. Miami-Dade Commu- nity college, South &pus, Miami, FL 33fi6.

Primary editor for this account, Robert Powell. I I F@re 2. panem of Rbadi- aUMZPublished 15 Oaober 1991 and Copyright @ 1991 by the Society for from 21 km E Nueva Ocotepeque, Depto. Ocotepeque, Honduras the Study of Amphibii and Reptiles. (from Wilson and Meyers, 1985).