Sonora palarostris organica

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 Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Sonora
Species: Sonora palarostris
Subspecies: Sonora palarostris organica

Name

Sonora palarostris organica (Klauber, 1951)

• Holotype: SDNHM 40673.
• Type locality: “on the Sonoyta-Ajo road, 9 miles north of the US-Mexican border, in the Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Pima Conty, Arizona”.

Combinations

• Chionactis palarostris organica Klauber, 1951: 178 [original combination]
• Sonora palarostris organica — Cox et al., 2018 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Klauber, Laurence M. 1951. The shovel-nosed snake, Chionactis with descriptions of two new subspecies. Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History, 11 (9): 141–204.

Additional references

• Mahrdt, Clark R., Kent R. Beaman, Philip C. Rosen and Peter A. Holm 2001. Chionactis Cope Shovel-nosed Snakes. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles. (730):1-6.

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Sonora palarostris. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 10 February 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Organ Pipe Shovel-nose Snake