Species Information

Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Arthropoda
    Class: Insecta
      Order: Odonata
        Family: Gomphidae
          Genus: Ophiogomphus
            Species: arizonicus

Arizona Snaketail - Ophiogomphus arizonicus

Arizona Snaketail

Image courtesy of Biota Information System of New Mexico

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Species Extent (New Mexico)

General Description

Thorax all green except for reduced black shoulder stripes, abdomen striped lengthwise. (Kennedy, 1917; Needham & Westfall, 1955). Larva flat, brown with an oval abdomen.

Status

Global Rank: G2

State Rank: S2

Rank Metadata
State Rank: S2 Rank Changed: 05/01/2025
Rank Reviewed: 03/21/2000
Reason: This species is known from the Gila region of Arizona and New Mexico where it has a relatively small Extent of Occurrence and Area of Occupancy of 3,650km2 and 28km2 respectively. Additionally, this species is known from just nineteen occurrences and some of the threats to the species such as drought are very widespread and could effect large portions of the species range at once. Due to the threats to this species there is an inferred continuing decline in the extent and quality of this species habitat. As a result, this species is currently assessed as S2 in New Mexico however, a reassessment should be done if more information becomes available.
 
Ecological Factors
Specificity: Moderate. Generalist or community with some key requirements scarce. Range Extent: 1000-5000 square km (about 400-2000 square miles)
Occurences: 6 - 20 Population Size: Unknown
Area of Occupancy: This species has an Area of Occupancy of 28km2 which was calculated on GeoCat using data from GBIF.org (GBIF.org (01 May 2025) GBIF Occurrence Download https://doi.org/10.15468/dl.mnyb2p). Threat Summary: N/A

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Observations in Natural Heritage New Mexico Database

Number of Subpopulations: 3

Number of Mapped Locations: 3

Number of Observations: 3

Observation date range: 06-06-1937 to 08-16-1987


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