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Glossy Snakes
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Glossy Snakes

Arizona

Arizona elegans is a species of medium-sized colubrid snake commonly referred to as the glossy snake or the faded snake, which is endemic to the southwestern United States and Mexico. The genus Arizona has only one officially recognized species, A. elegans, with several subspecies. Some have recommended that A. elegans occidentalis be granted full species status.

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3 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 3 known species

Glossy Snake

speciesArizona elegans

Western Glossy Snake

speciesArizona occidentalis

Peninsular Glossy Snake

speciesArizona pacata

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 28245.