''Sonora'' is a
genus
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of small harmless
colubrid
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snake
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s commonly referred to as ground snakes, which are
endemic
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to North America.
Distribution and habitat
Species of the genus ''Sonora'' range through central and northern Mexico, and the
southwestern United States
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.
They are sand dwellers.
[ Goin CJ, Goin OB, Zug GR (1978). ''Introduction to Herpetology, Third Edition''. San Francisco: W.H. Freeman. xi + 378 pp. . (Subfamily Colubrinae, Genus ''Sonora'', p. 324).]
Species
References
External links
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Further reading
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Baird SF,
Girard CF (1853). ''Catalogue of North American Reptiles in the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution. Part I.—Serpents.'' Washington, District of Columbia: Smithsonian Institution. xvi + 172 pp. (''Sonora'', new genus, p. 117).
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Conant R (1975). ''A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern and Central North America, Second Edition''. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. xviii + 429 pp. (hardcover), (paperback). (Genus ''Sonora'', p. 213).
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Schmidt KP,
Davis DD (1941). ''Field Book of Snakes of the United States and Canada''. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 365 pp. (Genus ''Sonora'', p. 197).
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Smith HM,
Brodie ED Jr (1982). ''Reptiles of North America: A Guide to Field Identification''. New York: Golden Press. 240 pp. (paperback). (Genus ''Sonora'', p. 166).
Sonora (snake)
Snake genera
Taxa named by Spencer Fullerton Baird
Taxa named by Charles Frédéric Girard
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