Salvadora (snake)
| Salvadora | |
|---|---|
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| 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]
- Salvadora bairdi Jan, 1860 – Baird's patchnose snake
- Salvadora grahamiae Baird & Girard, 1853 – Texas patchnose snake
- Salvadora grahamiae grahamiae Baird & Girard, 1853 – mountain patchnose snake
- Salvadora grahamiae lineata Schmidt, 1940 – Texas patchnose snake
- Salvadora hexalepis (Cope, 1866) – western patchnose snake
- Salvadora hexalepis deserticola Schmidt, 1940 – Big Bend patchnose snake
- Salvadora hexalepis hexalepis (Cope, 1866) – desert patchnose snake
- Salvadora hexalepis klauberi Bogert, 1945 – Baja California patchnose snake
- Salvadora hexalepis mojavensis Bogert, 1945 – Mojave patchnose snake
- Salvadora hexalepis virgultea Bogert, 1935 – coast patchnose snake
- Salvadora intermedia Hartweg, 1940 – Oaxacan patchnose snake
- Salvadora lemniscata (Cope, 1895) – Pacific patchnose snake
- Salvadora mexicana (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854) – Mexican patchnose snake
References
- ↑ 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.)
- ↑ "Salvadora ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading
- Baird, S.F., and C.F. Girard. 1853. Catalogue of North American Reptiles in the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution. Part I.—Serpents. Smithsonian Institution. Washington, District of Columbia. xvi + 172 pp. (Genus Salvadora, p. 104.)
- Schmidt, K.P., and D.D. Davis. 1941. Field Book of Snakes of the United States and Canada. G.P. Putnam's Sons. New York. 365 pp. (Genus Salvadora, p. 135.)
- Smith, H.M., and E.D. Brodie, Jr. 1982. Reptiles of North America: A Guide to Field Identification. Golden Press. New York. 240 pp. ISBN 0-307-13666-3. (Genus Salvadora, p. 194.)
- Stebbins, R.C. 2003. A Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians, Third Edition. The Peterson Field Guide Series ®. Houghton Mifflin Company. Boston and New York. xiii + 533 pp. ISBN 978-0-395-98272-3. (Genus Salvadora, p. 356.)
- Wright, A.H., and A.A. Wright. 1957. Handbook of Snakes of the United States and Canada. Comstock. Ithaca and London. 1,105 pp. (in 2 volumes) (Genus Salvadora, p. 644.)
- Zim, H.S., and H.M. Smith. 1956. Reptiles and Amphibians: A Guide to Familiar Species: A Golden Nature Guide. Simon and Schuster. New York. 160 pp. (Genus Salvadora, pp. 88, 156.)
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- Genus Salvadora at The Reptile Database
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