Sonora savagei explained

Sonora savagei, also known commonly as Savage's ground snake, Savage's sand snake, and arenera de Isla Cerralvo in Mexican Spanish, is a species of snake in the subfamily Colubrinae of the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Jacques Cousteau Island (formerly called Isla Cerralvo), Baja California Sur, Mexico.^[1]

Etymology

The specific name, savagei, is in honor of American herpetologist Jay M. Savage.^[2]

Description

The coloration of S. savagei consists of alternating dark and pale rings, with no dark spots within the pale rings.^[1]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of S. savagei is dessert.

Reproduction

S. savagei is oviparous.^[1]

Further reading

• Cliff FS (1954). "Snakes of the islands in the Gulf of California, Mexico". Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History 12 (5): 67–97. (Chilomeniscus savagei, new species, pp. 71–73, Figure 2).
• Cox, Christian L.

Davis Rabosky, Alison R.; Holmes, Iris A.; Reyes-Velasco, Jacobo; Roelke, Corey E.; Smith, Eric N.; Flores-Villela, Oscar; McGuire, Jimmy A.; Campbell, Jonathan A. (2018). "Synopsis and taxonomic revision of three genera in the snake tribe Sonorini". Journal of Natural History 52: 945–988. (Sonora savagei, new combination).

• Liner EA (2007). "A Checklist of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Mexico". Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University (80): 1–60. (Chilomeniscus savagei, p. 38).

Notes and References

1. www.reptile-database.org.
2. [species:Bo Beolens|Beolens B]