Desert Glossy Snake
Arizona elegans eburnata
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- A. e. eburnata – Imperial Co, CA – photo by Will Wells
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- A. e. eburnata – San Diego Co, CA – photo by Brian Hinds (www.naherp.com)
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- A. e. eburnata – San Diego Co, CA – photo by Kent VanSooy (www.naherp.com)
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- A. e. eburnata – San Diego Co, CA – photo by Steve Bledsoe (www.naherp.com)
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- Map by Steve Bledsoe, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Arizona e. eburnata occurs in the desert regions of southeastern California and southern Nevada.
LEGAL STATUS: No Listings
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Arizona elegans eburnata (Klauber – 1946)
Genus: Arizona, 2 possible meanings
1. Spanish Term, arizonac which came from the Native American O’odham word “ali sonak” = place of springs – ref. to the Arizona region
2. Latin – arena = a sandy place + zonal = a zone or region
Species: elegans, Latin = neat, elegant
Subspecies: eburnata, Latin – eburnus = ivory, of ivory
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jeager 1962