South Texas Ground Snake
Sonora semiannulata taylori
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- Map by Steve Bledsoe, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Sonora semiannulata taylori occurs only in south Texas.
LEGAL STATUS: No Listings
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Sonora semiannulata semiannulata (Baird & Girard – 1853)
Genus: Sonora, Latin = region of Sonora
Species: semiannulata, Latin – semi = half + annulata = ringed – ref. body cross-bands which fail to cross the venter
Subspecies: taylori, honors Edward H. Taylor
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jaeger 1962