Banded Sand Snake (cincta)
Sonora cincta
- Venom
- Not venomous
- Constrictor
- Not documented
- Type
- Colubrid
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Sonora
- Continents
- North America
- Countries
- 2
- How common
- Common
About
Banded Sand Snake (cincta) (Sonora cincta) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Mexico, United States. It lives in habitats such as temperate coniferous forest, subtropical dry forest, pine forest, scrub forest and 11 more. Common: recorded in 140 places on iNaturalist.
Where it lives
Native range
Habitats
Estimated from where this snake is recorded and what kind of snake it is - not a confirmed habitat survey.
Related snakes
- Sand Snake (straminea) Sonora straminea
- Resplendent Shovel-nosed Snake Sonora annulata
- Savage's Sand Snake Sonora savagei
- Banded Sand Snake (fasciata) Sonora fasciata
- Filetail Ground Snake Sonora aemula
- Ground Snake (semiannulata) Sonora semiannulata
- Taylor’s Ground Snake Sonora taylori
- Mosauer’s Ground Snake Sonora mosaueri
- Michoacán Ground Snake Sonora michoacanensis
- Sonoran Shovelnose Snake Sonora palarostris
- Michoacán Ground Snake (mutabilis) Sonora mutabilis
- Western Shovelnose Snake Sonora occipitalis
Stay safe: a photo or a web page can never tell you for certain that a snake is harmless. Keep your distance, never handle a wild snake, and get medical help straight away after any bite.