Sonora michoacanensis

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Serpentes
Infraordo: Caenophidia
Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Sonora
Species: Sonora michoacanensis
Name

Sonora michoacanensis (Dugès, 1884)

Neotype: BMNH 1946.1.14.65 (formerly BMNH 1903.3.21), ♂, collected by A.D.D. Dugès between 1853-1885. [designated by Stickel (1943: 113)]
Type locality: “Michoacan, Mexico”.

Combinations

Contia michoacanensis Dugès, 1884: 178 [original combination]
Elapomorphus michoacanensis — Cope, 1895: 218 [subsequent combination]
Homalocranium michoacanense — Günther, 1895: 150 [subsequent combination]
Chionactis michoacanensis — Cope, 1896: 1024 [subsequent combination]
Scolecophis michoacanensis — Boulenger, 1896: 211 [subsequent combination]
Sonora michoacanensis — Dunn, 1928 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

Sonora erythrura Taylor, 1937: 69
Holotype: UIMNH 25063 (formerly EHT-HMS 5440), ♂, collected by E.H. Taylor on 17 July 1936.
Type locality: “10 miles south of Taxco, Guerrero”.

References
Primary references

Taylor, E.H. 1937. A new snake of the genus Sonora, with comments on S. michoacanensis. Herpetologica 1(3): 69–72. JSTOR Hybrid open access journal Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2022. Sonora michoacanensis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 7 February 2020.
Ponce-Campos, P., Gustavo Quintero Díaz & Vázquez Díaz, J. 2007. IUCN: Sonora michoacanensis (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T63923A12728336. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63923A12728336.en

Vernacular names
English: Michoacán Ground Snake
español: Culebra de tierra de Michoacán