- Source: Sonora savagei
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
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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