Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Sonoran Shovel-nosed Snake, Sonoran Shovelnose Snake
Common Names in German:
Sonora-Schaufelnasenschlange
Description
Family Colubridae
The family Colubridae, which includes the kingsnakes (Lampropeltis spp. ), is the largest, most widespread, and diverse family of snakes , with few physical characteristics universal among all species. The family contains 70 percent of the known species of snakes, with more than 1700 species worldwide (Pough et al. 1998). Although some colubrids are dangerously venomous , most are harmless to humans. [1]
Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial [2].
Ecology:
Its habitat
includes gravelly middle
bajadas and flat areas in rocky
or sandy upland
, openly vegetated desert (Mahrdt et al.
2001); saguaro-paloverde dominated upland desert in Arizona; arid
mesquite-creosote bush-bur sage terrain to the south (Behler and
King 1979).[2].
List of Habitats:
- 3 Shrubland
- 3.4 Shrubland - Temperate
- 3.5 Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
- 8 Desert
- 8.1 Desert - Hot [more info]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Subclass:
Diapsida
()
- Infraclass:
Lepidosauromorpha
()
- Superorder:
Lepidosauria
()
-
- Order:
Squamata
()
- Suborder:
Serpentes
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
- Superfamily:
Colubroidea
()
- Family:
Colubridae
()
- Colubrids
- Subfamily:
Colubrinae
()
- Genus:
Chionactis
()
- (Hallowell, 1854)
- Specific name:
palarostris
- (Klauber, 1937)
- Scientific name: - Chionactis palarostris (Klauber, 1937)
- Specific name:
palarostris
- (Klauber, 1937)
- Genus:
Chionactis
(
- Subfamily:
Colubrinae
(
- Family:
Colubridae
(
- Superfamily:
Colubroidea
(
- Suborder:
Serpentes
(
- Order:
Squamata
(
- Superorder:
Lepidosauria
(
- Infraclass:
Lepidosauromorpha
(
- Subclass:
Diapsida
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Chionactis palarostris — Liner 1994 • Chionactis palarostris — Stebbins 1985: 214 • Sonora palarostris Klauber 1937
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
First described: Klauber, Laurence M.
The shovel-nosed snake
,
Chionactis with descriptions
of two new subspecies
. Transactions
of the San Diego Society of Natural History 11 (9): 141-204, 1951.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Chionactis
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 8 species and subspecies in this genus:
C. occipitalis (Mountain Shovel-Nosed Snake) · C. occipitalis annulata (Colorado Desert Shovelnose Snake) · C. occipitalis klauberi (Tucson Shovel-Nosed Snake) · C. occipitalis occipitalis (Mojave Shovelnose Snake) · C. occipitalis talpina ( Nevada Shovelnose Snake) · C. palarostris (Sonoran Shovel-Nosed Snake) · C. palarostris organica (Organ Pipe Shovelnose Snake) · C. palarostris palarostris (Sonoran Shovel-Nosed Snake)
More Info
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Further Reading
- Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History. 11 1951 [San Diego]: The Society, 1905-1989. url p. 162, p. 182, p. 195, p. 197.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 16, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 27, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- Hammerson, G.A., Frost, D.R. & Gadsden, H. 2007. Chionactis palarostris. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 31January2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
- TIGR Reptile Database . Release date: October 2, 2007
- Uetz, Peter. The Reptile Database
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 27, 2008:
- Arizona State University, International Institute for Species Exploration: Arizona State University Amphibian and Reptile Collection
- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2537678
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Rep-9513
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 174213
- IUCN ID: 199808
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: ARADB05020
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 177785
Footnotes
- Painter, Charles W., Chuck L. Hayes, and James N. Stuart "Recovery and Conservation of the Gray-Banded Kingsnake. New Mexico Department of Game and Fish. May 1, 2002. [back]
- Hammerson, G.A., Frost, D.R. & Gadsden, H. 2007. Chionactis palarostris. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 31 January 2012. [back]
