Chionactis palarostris

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Sonoran Shovel-nosed Snake
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Colubrinae
Genus: Chionactis
Species: C. palarostris
Binomial name
Chionactis palarostris
(Klauber, 1937)
Subspecies

C. p. organica
C. p. palarostris

Sonoran Shovelnose Snake (Chionactis palarostris) is a native of the Sonoran Desert. It is found only in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument of western Pima County, Arizona. It is also called the Organ-Pipe Shovelnose Snake. It is cross-banded with black, yellow (or whitish) and red bands. Consequently, it resembles the Sonoran Coral Snake, but unlike the coral snake, it is not venomous. It is active in the evening and at night, mostly near washes. It mates in the spring and lays s clutch of up to five eggs in summer.

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