Sonora savagei
| Sonora savagei | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Sonora |
| Species: | S. savagei |
| Binomial name | |
| Sonora savagei (Cliff, 1954) | |
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Sonora savagei, also known commonly as Savage's ground snake, Savage's sand snake, and arenera de Isla Cerralvo in Mexican Spanish, is a species of snake in the subfamily Colubrinae of the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Jacques Cousteau Island (formerly called Isla Cerralvo), Baja California Sur, Mexico.[2]
Etymology
The specific name, savagei, is in honor of American herpetologist Jay M. Savage.[3]
Description
The coloration of S. savagei consists of alternating dark and pale rings, with no dark spots within the pale rings.[2]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of S. savagei is dessert.[1]
Reproduction
References
- ^ a b Frost, D.R. (2007). "Chilomeniscus savagei ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T63743A12712498. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63743A12712498.en. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
- ^ a b c d Species Sonora savagei at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Chilomeniscus savagei, p. 233).
Further reading
- Cliff FS (1954). "Snakes of the islands in the Gulf of California, Mexico". Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History 12 (5): 67–97. (Chilomeniscus savagei, new species, pp. 71–73, Figure 2).
- Cox, Christian L.; Davis Rabosky, Alison R.; Holmes, Iris A.; Reyes-Velasco, Jacobo; Roelke, Corey E.; Smith, Eric N.; Flores-Villela, Oscar; McGuire, Jimmy A.; Campbell, Jonathan A. (2018). "Synopsis and taxonomic revision of three genera in the snake tribe Sonorini". Journal of Natural History 52: 945–988. (Sonora savagei, new combination).
- Liner EA (2007). "A Checklist of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Mexico". Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University (80): 1–60. (Chilomeniscus savagei, p. 38).