Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Serpentes
Infraordo: Caenophidia
Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Chionactis
Species: Chionactis palarostris
Subspecies: C. p. organica – C. p. palarostris

Name

Chionactis palarostris (Klauber, 1937)

Type locality: USA (S. Arizona).

Holotype: SDSNH 26771.

Synonyms

  • Sonora palarostris Klauber, 1937
  • Chionactis palarostris — Stebbins, 1985: 214
  • Chionactis palarostris — Liner, 1994

References

  • Klauber, Laurence M., 1937. A new snake of the genus Sonora from Mexico. Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History, 8 (27): 363–366.
  • Stebbins,R.C. 1985., A Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians, 2nd ed. Houghton Mifflin, Boston.
  • Chionactis palarostris at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 22 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Sonoran Shovel-nose Snake
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