Texas Glossy Snake
Arizona elegans arenicola
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- A. e. arenicola – Jim Hogg Co, TX – photo by Rob Klockman
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- A. e. arenicola – Jim Hogg Co, TX – photo by Rob Klockman
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- A. e. arenicola Habitat – Jim Hogg Co, TX – photo by Nathan Wells
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- Map by Steve Bledsoe, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Arizona e. arenicola occurs throughout southern and south central Texas.
LEGAL STATUS: No Listings
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Arizona elegans aernicola (Dixon – 1960)
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: arenicola, Latin – areni = sand + cola = inhabitant
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jeager 1962