Subgenus Sonora
Sonora semiannulata
(Baird and Girard 1853)
Clark Co., Nevada. May 22, 2015.
This snake was found crossing the highway, at the end of a successful Mojave herping trip. The ground snakes in Nevada are spectacular as well as variable. In 2018, Sonora was elevated to a ‘supergenus’ containing Chilomeniscus, Chionactis, and Sonora as subgenera. For more information, see:
Cox et al., ‘Synopsis and taxonomic revision of three genera in the snake tribe Sonorini’
JOURNAL OF NATURAL HISTORY, 2018 VOL. 52, NOS. 13–16, 945–988
My Flickr album for this species is here.
HerpMapper records for this species are here.
