Organ Pipe Shovelnose Snake (Sonora palarostris organica)
Description: A beautiful slender coral snake look alike but with a white or yellow nose. This burrower is adult at about 16”. The primary colors are wide off-white bands, each containing a red dorsal saddle, and wide black bands or rings that narrow laterally but often cross the belly. Otherwise the belly is white and concave. This is a species of the open desert sands. Oviparous. The hatchlings look much like the adults. A look alike of a coral snake but with a white or yellow nose.
Habitat: This is a species of the open desert sands.
Range: In the United States it is found only in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument of western Pima County, Arizona
Found in these States:
AZ
Diet: Primarily feeds on arthropods.
Status: Listed as Least Concern in view of its wide distribution, presumed large population, and because it is unlikely to be declining fast enough to qualify for listing in a more threatened category.
Taxonomy: on 11-02-2022 Taxon changed from Chionactis palarostris organica to Sonora palarostris organica
»» Kingdom: Animalia - Animals
»» Phylum: Chordata - Chordates
»» Subphylum: Vertebrata - Vertebrates
»» Class: Reptilia - Reptiles
»» Order: Squamata - Scaled Reptiles
»» Suborder: Serpentes
»» Superfamily: Colubroidea
»» Family: Colubridae - Colubrids
»» Genus: Sonora
»» Species: Sonora palarostris - Sonoran Shovel-Nose Snakes
»» Subspecies: Sonora palarostris organica - Organ Pipe Shovelnose Snake
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