Rhadinaea gaigeae


Rhadinaea gaigeae, also known commonly as Gaige's pine forest snake and la hojarasquera de Gaige in Mexican Spanish, is a species of snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Mexico.

Etymology

The specific name, gaigeae, is in honor of American herpetologist Helen Beulah Thompson Gaige.

Geographic range

R. gaigeae is found in the Mexican states of Hidalgo, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, and Tamaulipas.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of R. gaigeae is forest, at altitudes of.

Reproduction

R. gaigei is oviparous.