Subgenus Chionactis
Sonora annulata
(Baird 1859)
San Diego Co., California. May 17, 2015.
Jeff Nordland and I were road-cruising near Anza Borrego State Park, when I saw this pretty snake crawling off the asphalt and onto the shoulder. Never mind the stub-tail; I consider it one of the most beautiful snakes I’ve been privileged to see. In the Chionactis subgenus. In 2018, Sonora was elevated to a ‘supergenus’ containing Chilomeniscus, Chionactis, and Sonora as subgenera. For more information, see:
Cox et al., ‘Synopsis and taxonomic revision of three genera in the snake tribe Sonorini’
JOURNAL OF NATURAL HISTORY, 2018 VOL. 52, NOS. 13–16, 945–988
My Flickr album for this species is here.
HerpMapper records for this species are here.
