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Adorned Graceful Brown Snake

Rhadinaea decorata

591 observations in the source records

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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24 photos

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What the records say

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Costa Rica.January 26, February 20, March 18, April 19, May 20, June 23, July 10, August 14, September 14, October 12, November 24, December 14.
Costa Rica214
Provincia Heredia82
Provincia Limón57
Mexico41
Panama40
Provincia Alajuela36
Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave33
Provincia Puntarenas23
Provincia de Bocas del Toro18
Provincia San José7

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • CarnivoreEats other animals or animal-derived prey as a major part of its diet.Inferred from its group

Group and habits

  • PredatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly hunt other animals.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassReptiles · Reptilia
OrderSnakes and Lizards · Squamata
FamilyColubrid Snakes · Colubridae
GenusGraceful Brown Snakes · Rhadinaea

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Adorned Graceful Brown Snake with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.