Sonora (genus)
| Sonora | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Colubrinae |
| Genus: | Sonora Baird & Girard, 1853 |
| Synonyms | |
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Chionactis, Contia, Homalocranium, Homalosoma, Lamprosoma, Ogmius, Scolecophis[1] | |
Sonora is a small genus of small harmless colubrid snakes commonly referred to as ground snakes, which are endemic to North America.
Geographic range
They range through central and northern Mexico, and the Southwestern United States.
Habitat
They are sand dwellers.[2]
Species
- Sonora aemula (Cope, 1879) - filetail ground snake
- Sonora michoacanensis (Dugès, 1884) - Michoacán ground snake
- Sonora semiannulata Baird & Girard, 1853 - common ground snake
References
- ↑ Wright, A.H., and A.A. Wright. 1957. Handbook of Snakes of the United States and Canada. Comstock. Ithaca and London. 1,105 pp. (in 2 volumes) ("Genus Sonora", p. 669 + Figures 21, 23, 24 on pp. 73, 77, 79, respectively.)
- ↑ Goin, C.J.; O.B. Goin; G.R. Zug. 1978. Introduction to Herpetology, Third Edition. W.H. Freeman. San Francisco. xi + 378 pp. ISBN 0-7167-0020-4. (Subfamily Colubrinae, Genus Sonora, p. 324.)
External links
- Genus Sonora at The Reptile Database
Further reading
- Baird, S.F., and C.F. Girard 1853. Catalogue of North American Reptiles in the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution. Part I.—Serpents. Smithsonian Institution. Washington, District of Columbia. xvi + 172 pp. (Genus Sonora, p. 117.)
- Conant, R. 1975. A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern and Central North America, Second Edition. Houghton Mifflin. Boston. xviii + 429 pp. ISBN 0-395-19979-4 (hardcover), ISBN 0-395-19977-8 (paperback). (Genus Sonora, p. 213.)
- Schmidt, K.P., and D.D. Davis. 1941. Field Book of Snakes of the United States and Canada. G.P. Putnam's Sons. New York. 365 pp. (Genus Sonora, p. 197.)
- Smith, H.M., and E.D. Brodie, Jr. Reptiles of North America: A Guide to Field Identification. Golden Press. New York. 240 pp. ISBN 0-307-13666-3 (paperback). (Genus Sonora, p. 166.)