Sonora savagei

Sonora savagei
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[2]
  • 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.[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

S. savagei is oviparous.[2]

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b c d 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).


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