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Sonora (genus)

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Subphylum
  
Vertebrata

Suborder
  
Serpentes

Scientific name
  
Sonora

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Squamata

Family
  
Colubridae

Higher classification
  
Colubridae

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Similar
  
Western ground snake, Snake, Reptile, Colubridae, Long‑nosed snake

Sonora is a small genus of small harmless colubrid snakes commonly referred to as ground snakes, which are endemic to North America.

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Geographic range

They range through central and northern Mexico, and the Southwestern United States.

Habitat

They are sand dwellers.

Species

  • Sonora aemula (Cope, 1879) - filetail ground snake
  • Sonora michoacanensis (Dugès, 1884) - Michoacán ground snake
  • Sonora semiannulata Baird & Girard, 1853 - common ground snake
  • References

    Sonora (genus) Wikipedia