A new non-coastal record for the Pine Woods Littersnake, Rhadinaea flavilata Cope, 1871 (Squamata: Colubridae), in Russell County, Alabama, USA

Alexander McKelvy; Ashley Ozelski-McKelvy; Alex Figueroa

doi:10.15560/12.3.1913

Check List 12(3): e19515, doi: 10.15560/12.3.1913

A new non-coastal record for the Pine Woods Littersnake, Rhadinaea flavilata Cope, 1871 (Squamata: Colubridae), in Russell County, Alabama, USA

Alexander D. McKelvy^‡, Ashley Ozelski-McKelvy^§, Alex Figueroa^|

‡ Department of Biology, The Graduate School and Center, City University of New York, New York, NY 10016, USA Department of Biology, 6S-143, College of Staten Island, 2800 Victory Boulevard, Staten Island, NY 10314, USA, United States of America§ Department of Biology, 6S-143, College of Staten Island, 2800 Victory Boulevard, Staten Island, NY 10314, USA, United States of America| University of New Orleans, Department of Biological Sciences, New Orleans, LA 70148, United States of America

Corresponding author: Alexander McKelvy ( smoochy@snakeevolution.org )

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Citation: McKelvy A, Ozelski-McKelvy A, Figueroa A (2016) A new non-coastal record for the Pine Woods Littersnake, Rhadinaea flavilata Cope, 1871 (Squamata: Colubridae), in Russell County, Alabama, USA. Check List 12(3): 1913. https://doi.org/10.15560/12.3.1913

Abstract

We found a single specimen of Rhadinaea flavilata in Russell County, Alabama, in an area composed of primarily pine plantation habitat. This record is 200 km north of the currently recognized range of this species in Alabama and may represent an undiscovered population separated from the typical coastal plain range of this species.

Keywords

Piedmont; coastal plain; Southeastern United States; snakes