Salvadora (genus)

Patchnose snakes
Texas Patchnose Snake
Salvadora grahamiae lineata
Scientific classification
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.

Species

References

  1. ^ Conant, Roger. 1975. A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern and Central North America, Second Edition. Houghton Mifflin. Boston. pp. 187-189.