Salvadora (genus)

Salvadora
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, which are endemic to the western United States and Mexico.[1] They are characterized by having a distinctive scale on the tip of the snout.

Species and subspecies

The following species and subspecies are recognized.[2]

References

  1. Conant, Roger. 1975. A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern and Central North America, Second Edition. Houghton Mifflin. Boston. 429 pp. ISBN 0-395-19977-8 (paperback). (Salvadora, pp. 187-189, Figure 42. + Plate 31 + Maps 143, 146.)
  2. "Salvadora ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

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