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Sonora savagei

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Species of snake

Sonora savagei
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Sonora
Species: S. savagei
Binomial name
Sonora savagei
(Cliff, 1954)
Synonyms
  • Chilomeniscus savagei
    Cliff, 1954

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.

Etymology

The specific name, savagei, is in honor of American herpetologist Jay M. Savage.

Description

The coloration of S. savagei consists of alternating dark and pale rings, with no dark spots within the pale rings.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of S. savagei is dessert.

Reproduction

S. savagei is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Species Sonora savagei at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. 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).


Taxon identifiers
Chilomeniscus savagei
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