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title: "Banded Sand Snake"
description: "Sonora cincta — Gady. Sonora cincta is a species of snake of the family Colubridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/banded-sand-snake
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Banded Sand Snake

> Sonora cincta — Gady. Sonora cincta is a species of snake of the family Colubridae.

- Scientific name: *Sonora cincta*
- Category: `reptiles` (Gady)
- Habitats: `desert` (Pustynia)
- iNaturalist observations: 574
- iNaturalist taxon: [1424682](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1424682)

## Names

- en: Banded Sand Snake

## Countries with the most observations

US (385), MX (155)

## Summary

Sonora cincta is a species of snake of the family Colubridae.
The snake is found in the United States and Mexico.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonora_cincta

## Photo

![Banded Sand Snake](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/banded-sand-snake/medium.jpg)

Photo: Susana Dorley · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/129711466

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/banded-sand-snake?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).