Salvadora (genus)

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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

Salvadora is a genus of colubrid snakes commonly called patchnose snakes. 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)

[edit] References

• Genus Salvadora at The Reptile Database