Sonora michoacanensis

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Sonora
Species:

Sonora michoacanensis (Dugès, 1884)

• Neotype: BMNH 1946.1.14.65 (formerly BMNH 1903.3.21), ♂, collected by A.D.D. Dugès between 1853-1885. [designated by Stickel (1943: 113)]
• Type locality: “Michoacan, Mexico”.

• Contia michoacanensis Dugès, 1884: 178 [original combination]
• Elapomorphus michoacanensis — Cope, 1895: 218 [subsequent combination]
• Homalocranium michoacanense — Günther, 1895: 150 [subsequent combination]
• Chionactis michoacanensis — Cope, 1896: 1024 [subsequent combination]
• Scolecophis michoacanensis — Boulenger, 1896: 211 [subsequent combination]
• Sonora michoacanensis — Dunn, 1928 [subsequent combination]

• Sonora erythrura Taylor, 1937: 69
  • Holotype: UIMNH 25063 (formerly EHT-HMS 5440), ♂, collected by E.H. Taylor on 17 July 1936.
  • Type locality: “10 miles south of Taxco, Guerrero”.

• Taylor, E.H. 1937. A new snake of the genus Sonora, with comments on S. michoacanensis. Herpetologica 1(3): 69–72. JSTOR Reference page. 

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Sonora michoacanensis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 7 February 2020.
• Ponce-Campos, P., Gustavo Quintero Díaz & Vázquez Díaz, J. 2007. IUCN: Sonora michoacanensis  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T63923A12728336. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63923A12728336.en