Kansas Glossy Snake
Arizona elegans elegans
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- A. e. elegans – Presidio Co, TX – photo by Benjamin Stupavsky
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- A. e. elegans – Presidio Co, TX – photo by Benjamin Stupavsky
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- Map by Steve Bledsoe, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Arizona e. elegans occurs in western Texas and eastern New Mexico.
LEGAL STATUS: No Listings
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Arizona elegans elegans (Kennicot – 1859)
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/Subspecies: elegans, Latin = neat, elegant
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jeager 1962