Arizona (snake)

{{Short description|Genus of snakes}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Arizona elegans occidentalis.jpg | image_caption = Glossy snake (''Arizona elegans'') | taxon = Arizona | authority = Kennicott, 1859 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = 2 recognized species, see article. | display_parents = 2 }}

'''''Arizona''''' is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae.<ref name=RDB-genus>{{NRDB genus|genus=Arizona |date=5 December |year=2016}}</ref> They are endemic to the United States and Mexico.

==Species==

{| class="wikitable" |- ! Image !! Scientific name !! Common name !! Distribution |- |120px || ''Arizona elegans'' <small>Kennicott, 1859</small>|| glossy snake, faded snake|| southwestern United States and Mexico. |- | || ''Arizona pacata'' <small>Klauber, 1946</small>|| peninsular glossy snake || Mexico (Baja California Sur) |- |}

==References== {{Reflist}} {{Taxonbar|from=Q14089080}}

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