Sand Snake (straminea)
Sonora straminea
- Venom
- Not venomous
- Constrictor
- Not documented
- Type
- Colubrid
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Sonora
- Continents
- North America
- Countries
- 2
- How common
- Recorded in 21 places on iNaturalist
About
Sand Snake (straminea) (Sonora straminea) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Mexico, United States. It lives in habitats such as scrubland, desert, hot desert, coastal desert and 4 more. Recorded in 21 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
- Banded Sand Snake (cincta) Sonora cincta
- 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.