Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Serpentes
Infraordo: Caenophidia
Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Sonora
Species: Sonora straminea

Name

Sonora straminea (Cope, 1860)

  • Syntypes (5): USNM 4674a–b, USNM 6495a–b, and ANSP 3405.
  • Type locality: “Cape St. Lucas, Lower California”, Mexico.

Combinations

  • Chilomeniscus stramineus Cope, 1860: 339 [original combination]
  • Carphophis stramineaGarman, 1884: 99 [subsequent combination]
  • Sonora stramineaCox et al., 2018: 972 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

  • Chilomeniscus punctatissimus Van Denburgh & Slevin, 1921: 98 [synonymized by Grismer et al. (2002: 27)]
    • Holotype: CAS 49156, young ♀.
    • Type locality: “on Isla Partida, Espiritu Santo Island, Gulf of California, Mexico”.

References

Primary references

Additional references

  • Stebbins,R.C. 1985. A Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians, 2nd ed. Houghton Mifflin, Boston.
  • Mattison, Chris 2007. The New Encyclopedia of Snakes. Princeton University Press.

Vernacular names

English: Variable Sand Snake
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