Western ground snake

Western ground snake
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Sonora
Species:
S. semiannulata
Binomial name
Sonora semiannulata
Baird and Girard, 1853
Synonyms
  • Sonora semiannulata
    Baird and Girard, 1853
  • Lamprosoma episcopum
    Kennicott in Baird, 1859
  • Homalosoma episcopum
    — Jan, 1865
  • Contia isozona
    Cope, 1866
  • Contia episcopa isozona
    — Cope,1880
  • Contia taylori
    Boulenger, 1894
  • Chionactis episcopus isozonus
    — Cope, 1900
  • Sonora miniata linearis
    Stickel, 1938
  • Sonora semiannulata
    — Liner, 1994

The western ground snake (Sonora semiannulata) is a species of small, harmless colubrid snake. The species is endemic to North America. Its patterning and coloration can vary widely, even within the same geographic region. Another common name is miter snake referring to the head marking which suggests a bishop's miter; the synonym "episcopus " (Latin for "bishop") is a similar allusion.

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