Sonora aemula | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Colubridae |
Genus: | Sonora |
Species: | S. aemula |
Binomial name | |
Sonora aemula (Cope, 1879) | |
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