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Arizona pacata KLAUBER, 1946

IUCN Red List - Arizona pacata - Least Concern, LC
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Higher TaxaColubridae, Colubrinae, Lampropeltini, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Peninsular Glossy Snake
S: Brillante Peninsular 
SynonymArizona elegans pacata KLAUBER 1946: 379
Arizona elegans pacata — MURRAY 1955
Arizona elegans pacata — LEVITON & BANTA !964
Arizona pacata — GRISMER 2002
Arizona pacata — ENDERSON et al. 2009
Arizona pacata — WALLACH et al. 2014: 55 
DistributionMexico (Baja California Sur)

Type locality: San Domingo (lat. 25° 30’ N), Baja California, Mexico”  
Reproductionoviparous. 
TypesHolotype: SDNHM = SDSNH 17652 
DiagnosisDiagnosis (pacata). “A subspecies characterized by a low number of body blotches (39 in the holotype), subcircular in shape, as compared with the other western subspecies (occidentalis, eburnata, candida, philipi, and noctivaga) which ordinarily have 50 or more rectangular blotches, averaging close to 60. Other subspecies having low numbers of dorsal blotches are elegans and expolita. Pacata differs from the first in having 27 rather than 29 or 31 scale rows; and from the latter in having a proportionately shorter tail and fewer subcaudal scale.” (Klauber 1946: 379) 
Comment 
EtymologyThe name pacata (Latin) means "peaceful, quiet" and refers to a behavioral trait. 
References
  • Enderson, Erik F.; Adrian Quijada-Mascareñas; Dale S. Turner; Philip C. Rosen & Robert L. Bezy 2009. The herpetofauna of Sonora, Mexico, with comparisons to adjoining states. Check List 5 (3): 632–672 - get paper here
  • Grismer, L. L. 2002. Amphibians and reptiles of Baja California, including its pacific islands and the islands in the Sea of Cortés. Univ. California Press, Berkeley: 399 pp. - get paper here
  • Heimes, P. 2016. Snakes of Mexico. Chimaira, Frankfurt, 572 pp
  • Klauber, Laurence M. 1946. The glossy snake, Arizona, with descriptions of new subspecies. Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History 10 (17): 311-398 - get paper here
  • Leviton, Alan E.; Banta, Benjamin H. 1964. Midwinter reconnaissance of the herpetofauna of the Cape Region of Baja California, Mexico. Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. 30 (7): 127-156 - get paper here
  • Murray, Keith F. 1955. Herpetological collections from Baja California. Herpetologica 11: 33-48 - get paper here
  • Peralta-García A, Valdez-Villavicencio JH, Fucsko LA, Hollingsworth BD, Johnson JD, Mata-Silva V, Rocha A, DeSantis DL, Porras LW, and Wilson LD. 2023. The herpetofauna of the Baja California Peninsula and its adjacent islands, Mexico: composition, distribution, and conservation status. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 17(1&2): 57–142
  • Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue] Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp.
  • Wilson, Larry David; Vicente Mata-Silva, Jerry D. Johnson 2013. A conservation reassessment of the reptiles of Mexico based on the EVS measure. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 7 (1): 1–47 - get paper here
 
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