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Wikipedia / Salvadora (snake)

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. They are characterized by having a distinctive scale on the tip of the snout.

Species and subspecies

The following species and subspecies are recognized as being valid.

Salvadora hexalepis – western patchnose snake

  • Salvadora hexalepis hexalepis – desert patchnose snake

  • Salvadora hexalepis klauberi – Baja California patchnose snake

  • Salvadora hexalepis mojavensis – Mojave patchnose snake

  • Salvadora hexalepis virgultea – coast patchnose snake

  • Salvadora intermedia – Oaxacan patchnose snake

  • Salvadora lemniscata – Pacific patchnose snake

  • Salvadora lineata – Texas patchnose snake

  • Salvadora mexicana – Mexican patchnose snake

References

Further reading

  • Baird SF, Girard CF (1853). Catalogue of North American Reptiles in the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution. Part I.—Serpents. Washington, District of Columbia: Smithsonian Institution. xvi + 172 pp. (Salvadora, new genus, p.104).

  • Hernández-Jiménez CA, Flores-Villela O, Aguilar-Bremauntz A, Campbell JA (2021). “Phylogenetic relationships based on morphological data and taxonomy of the genus Salvadora Baird & Girard, 1853”. European Journal of Taxonomy 764: 85–118.

  • Schmidt KP, Davis DD (1941). Field Book of Snakes of the United States and Canada. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 365 pp. (Genus Salvadora, p.135).

  • Smith HM, Brodie ED Jr (1982). Reptiles of North America: A Guide to Field Identification. New York: Golden Press. 240 pp. . (Genus Salvadora, p.194).

  • Stebbins RC (2003). A Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians, Third Edition. The Peterson Field Guide Series ®. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company. xiii + 533 pp. . (Genus Salvadora, p.356).

  • Wright AH, Wright AA (1957). Handbook of Snakes of the United States and Canada. Ithaca and London: Comstock. 1,105 pp. (in 2 volumes) (Genus Salvadora, p.644).

  • Zim HS, Smith HM (1956). Reptiles and Amphibians: A Guide to Familiar Species: A Golden Nature Guide. New York: Simon and Schuster. 160 pp. (Genus Salvadora, pp.88, 156).