---
title: "Great Plains Ground Snake"
description: "Sonora episcopa — Gady. Sonora episcopa, the ground snake, is a species of snake of the family Colubridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/great-plains-ground-snake
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Great Plains Ground Snake

> Sonora episcopa — Gady. Sonora episcopa, the ground snake, is a species of snake of the family Colubridae.

- Scientific name: *Sonora episcopa*
- Category: `reptiles` (Gady)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Łąki i pola)
- iNaturalist observations: 1606
- iNaturalist taxon: [1424681](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1424681)

## Names

- en: Great Plains Ground Snake

## Countries with the most observations

US (1454), MX (6)

## Summary

Sonora episcopa, the ground snake, 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_episcopa

## Photo

![Great Plains Ground Snake](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/great-plains-ground-snake/medium.jpg)

Photo: Brian Dickerson · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/16212578

## Machine access

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