en.unionpedia.org

Rhadinaea forbesi, the Glossary

Rhadinaea forbesi, also known commonly as Forbes' graceful brown snake and la hojarasquera de Forbes in Mexican Spanish, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae.^[1]

14 relations: Colubridae, Common name, Endemism, Family (biology), Forest, Fossorial, Habitat, Hobart Muir Smith, Mexico, Oviparity, Species, Specific name (zoology), Terrestrial locomotion, Veracruz.
Rhadinaea

Colubridae

Colubridae (commonly known as colubrids, from coluber, 'snake') is a family of snakes.

See Rhadinaea forbesi and Colubridae

In biology, a common name of a taxon or organism (also known as a vernacular name, English name, colloquial name, country name, popular name, or farmer's name) is a name that is based on the normal language of everyday life; and is often contrasted with the scientific name for the same organism, which is often based in Latin.

See Rhadinaea forbesi and Common name

Endemism

Endemism is the state of a species only being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere.

See Rhadinaea forbesi and Endemism

Family (biology)

Family (familia,: familiae) is one of the nine major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy.

See Rhadinaea forbesi and Family (biology)

Forest

A forest is an ecosystem characterized by a dense community of trees.

See Rhadinaea forbesi and Forest

Fossorial

A fossorial animal is one that is adapted to digging and which lives primarily (but not solely) underground.

See Rhadinaea forbesi and Fossorial

Habitat

In ecology, habitat refers to the array of resources, physical and biotic factors that are present in an area, such as to support the survival and reproduction of a particular species.

See Rhadinaea forbesi and Habitat

Hobart Muir Smith

Hobart Muir Smith, born Frederick William Stouffer (September 26, 1912 – March 4, 2013), was an American herpetologist.

See Rhadinaea forbesi and Hobart Muir Smith

Mexico

Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America.

See Rhadinaea forbesi and Mexico

Oviparity

Oviparous animals are animals that reproduce by depositing fertilized zygotes outside the body (known as laying or spawning) in metabolically independent incubation organs known as eggs, which nurture the embryo into moving offsprings known as hatchlings with little or no embryonic development within the mother.

See Rhadinaea forbesi and Oviparity

Species

A species (species) is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction.

See Rhadinaea forbesi and Species

Specific name (zoology)

In zoological nomenclature, the specific name (also specific epithet, species epithet, or epitheton) is the second part (the second name) within the scientific name of a species (a binomen).

See Rhadinaea forbesi and Specific name (zoology)

Terrestrial locomotion

Terrestrial locomotion has evolved as animals adapted from aquatic to terrestrial environments.

See Rhadinaea forbesi and Terrestrial locomotion

Veracruz

Veracruz, formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, officially the Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave (Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico.

See Rhadinaea forbesi and Veracruz

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhadinaea_forbesi

Also known as Forbes's graceful brown snake.