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TEXAS PATCH-NOSED SNAKE Salvadora grahamiae lineata. Salvadora grahamiae lineata from Medina County, Texas.

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.

The Western patch-nosed snake, Salvadora hexalepis, is a species of nonvenomous colubrid snake, which is endemic to the southwestern United States and northern.

Western patch-nosed snake

TEXAS PATCH-NOSED SNAKE

Salvadora grahamiae lineata

Salvadora grahamiae lineata from Medina County, Texas Photo by Brad Birchfield

Salvadora grahamiae lineata from Medina County, Texas

Photo by James Van Dyke

Distribution: In our region, this species occurs throughout south, central, and north central Texas.

Legal Status: Salvadora grahamiae lineata has no protected status.

Salvadora grahamiae lineata from Val Verde County, Texas

Photo by Rob Klockman

Habitat of Salvadora grahamiae lineata in southern Medina

County, Texas Photo by Brad Birchfield

Photo by Brad Birchfield

Range of Salvadora grahamiae lineata Map by Tom Lott, SWCHR

Salvadora grahamiae lineata from Williamson County, Texas

Photo by Diego Ortiz

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Mohave Patch-nosed Snake - Salvadora hexalepis mojavensis Bogert, 1945 Click on a picture for a larger view.

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Patch-nosed Snakes. Salvadora deserticola. Herps; Salvadora deserticola; This patch-nosed snake species occasionally is found in the same habitat as its.

The Western patch-nosed snake, Salvadora hexalepis, is a species of nonvenomous colubrid snake, which is endemic to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. 5

Contents

1 Geographic range

2 Subspecies

3 Description

4 Behavior

5 Reproduction

6 References

7 Further reading

Geographic range edit

It is found in the southwestern United States in the states of Arizona, southern California, Nevada, southern New Mexico, and southwestern Texas. It is also found in northern Mexico in the Mexican states of Baja California, Baja California Sur, Chihuahua, Sinaloa, and Sonora. 2

Subspecies edit

The following four subspecies are recognized: 2

Salvadora hexalepis hexalepis Cope, 1866

Salvadora hexalepis klauberi Bogert, 1945

Salvadora hexalepis mojavensis Bogert, 1945

Salvadora hexalepis virgultea Bogert, 1935

Description edit

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Adults of Salvadora hexalepis are, on average, 20-46 inches 51–117 cm in total length; 6 the record total length is 58 in 150 cm. 7

They have a distinctive, thick scale curved back over the top of the snout, and free at the edges. 7

All subspecies are yellowish with blackish lateral stripes in various arrangements. 8

The dorsal scales are smooth, and the anal plate is divided. 7

Behavior edit

The Western patch-nosed snake inhabits arid deserts in its area. It feeds upon lizards, snakes, reptile eggs, and small rodents. 9

Reproduction edit

4-10 eggs are laid during spring or early summer and hatch in August through September. 6

References edit

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Hammerson, G.A. 2007. Salvadora hexalepis. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 1 March 2015.

a b c The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Boulenger, G.A. 1896. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum Natural History. Volume III., Containing the Colubridæ Opisthoglyphæ and Proteroglyphæ, Trustees of the British Museum Natural History. Taylor and Francis, Printers. London. xiv 727 pp. Plates I.- XXV. Zamenis grahamiæ Var. hexalepis, p. 622.

Stejneger, L., and T. Barbour. 1917. A Checklist of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. Harvard University Press. Cambridge, Massachusetts. 125 pp. Salvadora hexalepis, p. 81.

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 paperback. Salvadora hexalepis, pp. 194-195.

a b 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 Salvadora hexalepis, pp. 651-663, Figures 190.-193. Map 49. on p. 646.

a b c Schmidt, K. P., D.D. Davis. 1941. Field Book of Snakes of the United States and Canada. G.P. Putnam s Sons. New York. 365 pp. Salvadora, pp. 135-139.

Zim, H.S., and H.M. Smith. 1956. Reptiles and Amphibians: A Guide to Familiar American Species: A Golden Nature Guide. Simon and Schuster. New York. 160 pp. Patch-nosed snakes, p. 88.

Conant, R. 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. Genus Salvadora, pp. 187-188.