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Glossy snake
Arizona elegans occidentalis
Conservation status
Glossy snake
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Arizona
Species:
A. elegans
Binomial name
Arizona elegans
Kennicott in Baird, 1859
Synonyms
  • Arizona elegans Kennicott in Baird, 1859
  • Pityophis elegans — Cope, 1875
  • Rhinechis elegans — Cope, 1886
  • Coluber arizonae — Boulenger, 1894
  • Arizona elegans — Blanchard, 1924[2]

Arizona elegans is a species of medium-sized colubrid snake commonly referred to as the glossy snake or the faded snake,[3] which is endemic to the southwestern United States and Mexico. It has several subspecies. Some have recommended that A. elegans occidentalis be granted full species status.

  1. ^ Hammerson, G.A.; Frost, D.R.; Santos-Barrera, G.; Vasquez Díaz, J.; Quintero Díaz, G.E. (2007). "Arizona elegans". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T63734A12711788. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63734A12711788.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  3. ^ Schmidt, K.P., and D.D.Davis. 1941. Field Book of Snakes of the United States and Canada. G.P. Putnam's Sons. New York. 365 pp. (Arizona elegans, pp. 155-158, Figures 43. & 44. + Plate 17.)

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