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Salvadora (snake)

Salvadora
Salvadora grahamiae.jpg
Texas patchnose snake
Salvadora grahamiae lineata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
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. They are characterized by having a distinctive scale on the tip of the snout.

The following species and subspecies are recognized.



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