• Source: Sonora annulata

Sonora annulata, also known commonly as the Colorado Desert shovelnose snake, is a species of snake in the subfamily Colubrinae of the family Colubridae. The species is native to the southwestern United States and adjacent northwestern Mexico. There are two recognized subspecies.




Geographic range


In the United States, S. annulata is found in southwestern Arizona and southeastern California. In Mexico it is found in northeastern Baja California.




Diet


S. annulata preys upon insects, scorpions, and lizards.




Subspecies


Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.

Sonora annulata annulata (Baird, 1859)
Sonora annulata klauberi Stickel, 1941 – Tucson shovel-nosed snake
Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Sonora.




Etymology


The subspecific name, klauberi, is in honor of American herpetologist Laurence Monroe Klauber.




References






Further reading


Baird SF (1859). "Reptiles of the Boundary, with Notes by the Naturalists of the Survey". pp. 1–35 + Plates 1–41. In: Emory WH (1859). Report of the United States and Mexico Boundary Survey, under the Order of Lieut. Col. W. H. Emory, Major First Cavalry, and United States Commissioner. Volume II. Part II. Zoology of the Boundary. Washington, District of Columbia: Department of the Interior. (Lamprosoma annulatum, new species, p. 22).
Klauber LM (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. (Chionactis occipitalis annulata, pp. 161–170; C. o. klauberi, pp. 170–172).
Stickel WH (1941). "The Subspecies of the Spade-nosed Snake, Sonora occipitalis ". Bulletin of the Chicago Academy of Sciences 6 (7): 135–140. (Sonora occipitalis klauberi, new subspecies, pp. 138–140, Figures 1–2).

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