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 bairdi – Baird's patchnose snake
- Salvadora deserticola – Big Bend patchnose snake
- Salvadora grahamiae – mountain patchnose snake
- Salvadora gymnorhachis
- 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