Arizona (snake)

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Arizona
Arizona elegans occidentalis.jpg
Glossy snake (Arizona elegans)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Colubrinae
Tribe: Lampropeltini
Genus: Arizona
Kennicott, 1859
Species

2 recognized species, see article.

Arizona is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. [1] They are endemic to the United States and Mexico.

Species

ImageScientific nameCommon nameDistribution
Arizona elegans - Flickr - aspidoscelis (2).jpg Arizona elegans Kennicott, 1859glossy snake, faded snakesouthwestern United States and Mexico.
Arizona pacata Klauber, 1946peninsular glossy snakeMexico (Baja California Sur)

References

  1. Arizona at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 5 December 2016.