NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Godman's Graceful Brown Snake
Rhadinella godmani (Günther, 1865)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Rhadinella godmani - Godman's Graceful Brown Snake in San José, Costa Rica. Photo by iNaturalist user "anasacuta". Original iNaturalist observation here: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/111586677
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Open encyclopedia reference
Rhadinella godmani, also known commonly as Godman's graceful brown snake, and as la culebra-café de Godman and la lagartijerita de Godman in American Spanish, is a species of snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. The species is native to Central America and southern Mexico. There are two recognized subspecies.
Wikipedia contributors, Rhadinella godmani; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T12:55:48.214628+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Rhadinella godmani (Günther, 1865)
- Name authority
- (Günther, 1865)
- Common name
- Godman's Graceful Brown Snake
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Rhadinella
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
- orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
- suborderSerpentes Linnaeus, 1758
- infraorderAlethinophidia Nopcsa, 1923
- familyColubridae
- subfamilyDipsadinae
- genusRhadinella
- speciesRhadinella godmani (Günther, 1865)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Rhadinella. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Hannstein's Spot-lipped SnakeRhadinella hannsteini (Stuart, 1949) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hempstead's Pine Woods SnakeRhadinella hempsteadae (Stuart & Bailey, 1941) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Kanalchutchan Graceful Brown SnakeRhadinella kanalchutchan (Mendelson & Kizirian, 1995) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Monte Cristi Graceful Brown SnakeRhadinella montecristi (Mertens, 1952) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Stuart's Graceful Brown SnakeRhadinella pilonaorum (Stuart, 1954) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brokencollar Graceful Brown SnakeRhadinella schistosa Smith, 1941 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Rhadinella tolpanorum (Holm & Cruz-Díaz, 1994) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Posada's Graceful Brown SnakeRhadinella posadasi (Slevin, 1936) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Guerrero Slender Leaf Litter SnakeRhadinella dysmica Campillo, Dávila-Galavíz, Flores-Villela & Campbell, 2016 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Rhadinella lisyae Mccranie, 2017 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Rhadinella xerophila Ariano-Sánchez & Campbell, 2018 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Rhadinella anachoreta (Smith & Campbell, 1994) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Rhadinaea altamontana Taylor, 1954 Taylor, 1954 | synonym |
| Coronella godmani Günther, 1893 Günther, 1893 | synonym |
| Dromicus godmanni Günther, 1865 Günther, 1865 | synonym |
| Rhadinaea binfordi Rossman, 1965 Rossman, 1965 | synonym |
| Rhadinaea godmani zilchi Mertens, 1952 Mertens, 1952 | synonym |
| Rhadinaea zilchi Mertens, 1952 Mertens, 1952 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Rhadinella&species=godmani Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:4RXTK. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.