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Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: December 31st, 2022.


Taxonomy of the family Colubridae
Bibliography of the genus Arizona
Biodiversity of the family Colubridae








Genus
Arizona

Glossy Snakes

Nordamerikanische Glanznattern

Nordamerikanske Glanssnoge

1859 Arizona Kennicott (type species: Arizona elegans Kennicott in Baird 1859)
Contents: 2 species, of which 1 (50.0%) is endemic.
Endemism: 0% 100%
Distribution: SW. USA, N. Mexico.
Reported from: Mexico (Aguascalientes, Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas), USA (Arizona, California, Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah).

Arizona elegans

Eastern Glossy Snake, Glossy Snake, Faded Snake

Arizonanatter

Arizona-glanssnog, Østlig Glanssnog

1859 Arizona elegans Kennicott in Baird [not Coluber elegans Shaw 1802]
Rhinechis elegans Cope 1886
1894 Coluber arizonae Boulenger [substitute name for Arizona elegans Kennicott 1859]
1924 Arizona elegans occidentalis Blanchard (syn. Dixon & Fleet 1976)
Arizona occidentalis Collins 1991
1946 Arizona elegans blanchardi Klauber
1946 Arizona elegans candida Klauber (syn. Dixon & Fleet 1976)
Arizona occidentalis candida Collins 1991
1946 Arizona elegans eburnata Klauber (syn. Dixon & Fleet 1976)
1946 Arizona elegans philipi Klauber
1946 Arizona elegans expolita Klauber
Arizona occidentalis eburnata Collins 1991
1946 Arizona elegans noctivaga Klauber (syn. Dixon & Fleet 1976)
Arizona occidentalis noctivaga Collins 1991
1949 Arizona elegans arizonae Dixon [not Coluber arizonae Boulenger 1894]
1960 Arizona elegans arenicola Dixon
1961 Arizona elegans australis Williams, Chrapliwy & Smith

Other common names:
arenicola: Texas Glossy Snake
candida: Mojave Glossy Snake
eburnata: Desert Glossy Snake
elegans: Kansas Glossy Snake
expolita: Chihuahua Glossy Snake
noctivaga: Arizona Glossy Snake
occidentalis: California Glossy Snake
philipi: Painted Desert Glossy Snake
Remarks: Previously included pacata. Some authors have regarded occidentalis as a separate species (e.g., Collins 1991; Liner 1994), however, others have retained occidentalis as a synonym of elegans (e.g., Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014).
Distribution: Mexico (Aguascalientes, Baja California Norte, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas), USA (Arizona, California, Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah).


Arizona pacata

Peninsular Glossy Snake

Niederkalifornische Glanznatter

Baja California-glanssnog

1946 Arizona elegans pacata Klauber
Arizona pacata Grismer 2002

Remarks: Validity as a separate species supported by Dahn, Strickland, Osorio, Colston & Parkinson (2018).
Distribution: Mexico (Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur).