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Sonoran Shovel-nosed Snake
Sonora palarostris Klauber, 1937

Current SSAR Comments:
See comments under Sonora.

Range maps are based on curated specimens and provided gratis by CNAH.
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First instance(s) of published English names:
Organ Pipe Shovel-nosed Snake (Chionactis palarostris organica: Schmidt, Karl P. 1953. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.);

Taxon Links:

  
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
  
The Reptile Database
  
NatureServe
  
iNaturalist
  
GenBank
  
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database

Pertinent LIterature:
1937 Klauber, Laurence M. A new snake of the genus Sonora from Mexico. Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History 8(27):363-366

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