Salvadora (genus)
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| Texas Patchnose Snake Salvadora grahamiae lineata |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Colubrinae |
| Genus: | Salvadora Baird & Girard, 1853 |
Salvadora is a genus of colubrid snakes commonly called patchnose snakes or patch-nosed snakes.[1] They are characterized by having a distinctive scale on the tip of their snout.
[edit] Species
- Baird's Patchnose Snake, Salvadora bairdi Jan, 1860
- Big Bend Patchnose Snake, Salvadora deserticola Schmidt, 1940
- Texas Patchnose Snake, Salvadora grahamiae Baird & Girard, 1853
- Mountain Patchnose Snake, Salvadora grahamiae grahamiae Baird & Girard, 1853
- Texas Patchnose Snake, Salvadora grahamiae lineata Schmidt, 1940
- Western Patchnose Snake, Salvadora hexalepis (Cope, 1866)
- Desert Patchnose Snake, Salvadora hexalepis hexalepis (Cope, 1866)
- Baja California Patchnose Snake, Salvadora hexalepis klauberi Bogert, 1945
- Mojave Patchnose Snake, Salvadora hexalepis mojavensis Bogert, 1945
- Coast Patchnose Snake, Salvadora hexalepis virgultea Bogert, 1936
- Oaxacan Patchnose Snake, Salvadora intermedia Hartweg, 1940
- Pacific Patchnose Snake, Salvadora lemniscata (Cope, 1895)
- Mexican Patchnose Snake, Salvadora mexicana (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854)
[edit] References
- ^ Conant, Roger. 1975. A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern and Central North America, Second Edition. Houghton Mifflin. Boston. pp. 187-189.
- Genus Salvadora at The Reptile Database
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