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Salvadora (snake)

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Suborder
  
Serpentes

Subfamily
  
Colubrinae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Genus

Subphylum
  
Vertebrata

Family
  
Colubridae

Scientific name
  
Salvadora

Higher classification
  
Colubrinae

Order
  
Scaled reptiles

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Similar
  
Western patch‑nosed snake, Snake, Salvadora grahamiae, Reptile, Trimorphodon

Salvadora is a genus of colubrid snakes commonly called patchnose snakes or patch-nosed snakes, which are endemic to the western United States and Mexico. They are characterized by having a distinctive scale on the tip of the snout.

Species and subspecies

The following species and subspecies are recognized.

  • Salvadora bairdi Jan, 1860 – Baird's patchnose snake
  • Salvadora grahamiae Baird & Girard, 1853 – Texas patchnose snake
  • Salvadora grahamiae grahamiae Baird & Girard, 1853 – mountain patchnose snake
  • Salvadora grahamiae lineata Schmidt, 1940 – Texas patchnose snake
  • Salvadora hexalepis (Cope, 1866) – western patchnose snake
  • Salvadora hexalepis deserticola Schmidt, 1940 – Big Bend patchnose snake
  • Salvadora hexalepis hexalepis (Cope, 1866) – desert patchnose snake
  • Salvadora hexalepis klauberi Bogert, 1945 – Baja California patchnose snake
  • Salvadora hexalepis mojavensis Bogert, 1945 – Mojave patchnose snake
  • Salvadora hexalepis virgultea Bogert, 1935 – coast patchnose snake
  • Salvadora intermedia Hartweg, 1940 – Oaxacan patchnose snake
  • Salvadora lemniscata (Cope, 1895) – Pacific patchnose snake
  • Salvadora mexicana (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854) – Mexican patchnose snake

    • References

    Salvadora (snake) Wikipedia
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