Arizona pacata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Arizona
Species: Arizona pacata

Name

Arizona pacata Klauber, 1946

Holotype: SDSNH 17652, adult ♂.

Type locality: “Santo Domingo (lat. 25°30’N), Baja California, Mexico.”

Combinations

• Arizona elegans pacata Klauber, 1946: 379 [original combination, as subspecies]
• Arizona pacata — Grismer, 2002: 264 [subsequent combination, elevate to species]

References

Primary references

• Klauber, Laurence M. 1946. The glossy snake, Arizona, with descriptions of new subspecies. Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History 10(17): 311–398. BHL
• Grismer, L. L. 2002. Amphibians and reptiles of Baja California, including its pacific islands and the islands in the Sea of Cortés. Univ. California Press: Berkeley. 399 pp. ISBN 9780520224179

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Arizona pacata. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 7 May 2018.
• Hollingsworth, B. & Frost, D.R. 2007. IUCN: Arizona pacata  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T63735A12711891. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63735A12711891.en

Vernacular names

English: Peninsula Glossy Snake