MCZ Herpetology R-24983

Rhadinaea gaigeae Bailey, 1937

Holotype of Rhadinaea gaigeae

Date Collected:

1926-06-01/2026-09-30

North America: Mexico: San Luis Potosi | Alvarez nr San Luis Potosi

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Current Identification
Rhadinaea gaigeae Bailey, 1937
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Lepidosauromorpha Squamata Serpentes Colubroidea Colubridae
Common Name(s): Culebra-café de Gaige; Gaige's Pine Forest Snake
Determiner: systematic card on 2019-11-20
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Previous Identifications
Rhadinaea gaigeae Bailey, 1937
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Lepidosauromorpha Squamata Serpentes Colubroidea Colubridae
Common Name(s): Culebra-café de Gaige; Gaige's Pine Forest Snake
Determiner: Bailey
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: Bailey/1937
Liophis vittatus
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Lepidosauromorpha Squamata Serpentes Colubroidea Colubridae
Determiner: Bailey
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: Bailey/1937

Bailey 1937, page 118, Holotype of Rhadinaea gaigeae Bailey, 1937 doi: 10.2307/1436952 linked data icon
Barbour and Loveridge 1946, page 186, Voucher of Rhadinaea gaigeae Bailey, 1937
Media type: text; Barbour and Loveridge 1946 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. XCVI no. 2;

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Shows Publication: Barbour and Loveridge 1946 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. XCVI no. 2

  • muse location number: ZR24961

Part Condition Disposition Count
stomach content (ethanol) poor in collection 1 History
Remarks: lizard's lower abdomen, hindimbs, base of tail
tissue (95% ethanol) good in collection 1 History (3)
Remarks: muscle; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2021-10-08
subsampled by = Rina Morisawa   determined date=2021-10-06   determined by=Rina Morisawa  
whole animal (ethanol) good in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
sex male [no agent data]
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Rina Morisawa 2021-10-08
infralabials 10/11 By: Joseph R. Bailey, Jr.
Remarks: 6/7 in contact with chin shields; in type publication
subcaudals 89 By: Joseph R. Bailey, Jr.
Remarks: pairs; in type publication
supralabials 8 By: Joseph R. Bailey, Jr.
Remarks: 4 and 5 in eye; in type publication
tail length 154 mm By: Joseph R. Bailey, Jr.
Remarks: in type publication
total length 328 mm By: Joseph R. Bailey, Jr.
Remarks: noted as "body length" and in conjunction with the tail to body ratio determined this to mean total length; in type publication
ventrals 160 By: Joseph R. Bailey, Jr.
Remarks: in type publication

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  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • Mexico
  • State/Province:
  • San Luis Potosi
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7005594 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Alvarez nr San Luis Potosi
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Alvarez nr. San Luis Potosi, Mexico
  • Georeference:
  • 23.5111100°, -100.62056° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: Leticia Ochoa (UNAM) on 2006-06-05 (Source: Cartografía Digital del Laboratorio de SIG'S y PR, Instituto de Geografía, UNAM. Incluye: INEGI, 2000; IMT,2000. Escala 1:250 000)
  • Datum:
  • NAD27
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1926-06-01 / 2026-09-30
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 0/6/1926-0/9/1926
  • Collector:
  • Wilmot W. Brown, Jr.linked data icon

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Media type: text; Herpetology R-24961; R-24962; R-24963; R-24964; R-24965; R-24966; R-24967; R-24968; R-24969; R-24970; R-24971; R-24972; R-24973; R-24974; R-24975; R-24976; R-24977; R-24978; R-24979; R-24980; R-24981; R-24982; R-24983; R-24984; R-24985 Description: MCZ Herpetology Reptiles 020001-026000, pg.200;

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