- Salvadora (genus)
Taxobox
name = Patchnose snakes
image_caption = Texas Patchnose Snake
"Salvadora grahamiae lineata"
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis =Reptilia
ordo =Squamata
subordo =Serpentes
familia =Colubridae
genus = "Salvadora"
genus_authority = Baird & Girard, 1853"Salvadora" is a
genus ofcolubrid snake s commonly called patchnose snakes. They are characterized by having a distinctive scale on the tip of their snout.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 )References
*EMBL genus|genus=Salvadora
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