Animalia > Chordata > Squamata > Colubridae > Sonora > Sonora semiannulataSonora semiannulata (ground snake)Synonyms: Contia isozona; Contia nuchalis; Lamprosoma episcopum (heterotypic); Sonora bancroftae; Sonora miniata linearis; Sonora semiannulata blanchardi; Sonora semiannulata gloydi; Sonora semiannulata isozona; Sonora semiannulata linearis The western ground snake (Sonora semiannulata) is a species of small, harmless colubrid snake endemic to North America. It is sometimes referred to as the common ground snake or variable ground snake as its patterning and coloration can vary widely, even within the same geographic region. |
Adult Weight [1] | 42 grams | | Gestation [1] | 56 days | Litter Size [1] | 5 |
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Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
Report |
Climate |
Land Use |
Central and Southern mixed grasslands |
United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Central forest-grasslands transition |
United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Central tall grasslands |
United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Chihuahuan desert |
Mexico, United States |
Nearctic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Colorado Plateau shrublands |
United States |
Nearctic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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East Central Texas forests |
United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests |
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Edwards Plateau savanna |
United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Flint Hills tall grasslands |
United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Great Basin shrub steppe |
United States |
Nearctic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Gulf of California xeric scrub |
Mexico |
Nearctic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Meseta Central matorral |
Mexico |
Nearctic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Mojave desert |
United States |
Nearctic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Northern tall grasslands |
Canada, United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Sierra de la Laguna dry forests |
Mexico |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests |
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Snake-Columbia shrub steppe |
United States |
Nearctic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Sonoran desert |
Mexico, United States |
Nearctic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Tamaulipan matorral |
Mexico |
Nearctic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Tamaulipan mezquital |
Mexico, United States |
Nearctic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Texas blackland prairies |
United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Western Gulf Coastal grasslands |
Mexico, United States |
Nearctic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Western short grasslands |
United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Name |
IUCN Category |
Area acres |
Location |
Species |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
Alto Golfo de California y Delta del Rio Colorado Biosphere Reserve |
VI |
2320468 |
Sonora, Mexico |
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Big Bend Biosphere Reserve National Park |
II |
815561 |
Texas, United States |
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Carlsbad Caverns National Park |
II |
15448 |
New Mexico, United States |
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Chickasaw National Recreation Area |
V |
7025 |
Oklahoma, United States |
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Coronado National Monument National Memorial |
III |
4360 |
Arizona, United States |
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Death Valley National Park |
II |
762125 |
California, Nevada, United States |
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Grand Canyon National Park |
II |
1210128 |
Arizona, United States |
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Guadalupe Mountains National Park |
II |
46114 |
Texas, United States |
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Jornada Biosphere Reserve |
Ib |
30913 |
New Mexico, United States |
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Lake Meredith National Recreation Area |
V |
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Texas, United States |
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Mojave and Colorado Deserts Biosphere Reserve |
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5901 |
California, United States |
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Montezuma Castle National Monument |
V |
872 |
Arizona, United States |
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Organ Pipe Cactus Biosphere Reserve |
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327376 |
Arizona, United States |
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Parque Nacional de Sierra San Pedro Martir National Park |
II |
180607 |
Baja California, Mexico |
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Pipe Spring National Monument |
V |
41 |
Arizona, United States |
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Reserva de la Biosfera El Vizcaino Biosphere Reserve |
VI |
6176727 |
Mexico |
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Reserva de Mapimi Biosphere Reserve |
VI |
849819 |
Chihuahua, Mexico |
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Saguaro National Park |
II |
11686 |
Arizona, United States |
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Tonto National Monument |
V |
1123 |
Arizona, United States |
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White Sands National Monument |
III |
139922 |
New Mexico, United States |
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Zion National Park |
II |
135667 |
Utah, United States |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109 ♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics. ♦ 3Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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