Sonora taylori | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Colubridae |
Genus: | Sonora |
Species: | S. taylori |
Binomial name | |
Sonora taylori (Boulenger, 1894) | |
Sonora taylori, Taylor's ground snake, is a species of snake of the family Colubridae. [1]
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Edward Harrison Taylor was an American herpetologist from Missouri.
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