Patchnose snake

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Patchnose snakes

Texas Patchnose Snake
Salvadora grahamiae lineata

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Salvadora Baird & Girard, 1853

Patchnose snakes are those species of colubrid snakes in the genus, Salvadora. 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
- Mountain Patchnose Snake, Salvadora grahamiae grahamiae (Baird & Girard, 1853)
- Texas Patchnose Snake, Salvadora grahamiae lineata (Schmidt, 1940)
Western Patchnose Snake, Salvadora hexalepis
- Mojave Patchnose Snake, Salvadora hexalepis mojavensis (Bogert, 1945)
- Desert Patchnose Snake, Salvadora hexalepis hexalepis (Cope, 1866)
- Baja California Patchnose Snake, Salvadora hexalepis klauberi (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)