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Texas Patch-Nosed Snake (Salvadora lineata)STATUS





Description: It attains a length of about 3 feet. It, like the other members of this genus, has an enlarged wraparound rostral (nosetip) scale. Dorsal and lateral color gray to grayish-brown. Broad middorsal stripe is buff to tannish- orange and bordered by a dark brown to black stripe on both sides. A well-defined dark line runs along scale row 3 dropping to row 2 posteriorly. Belly is pale pink. Distinct striping on anterior scale row 3 then dropping to scale row 2 posteriorly.


Habitat: Desert mountains and montane woodlands. Also canyons, and rockstrewn regions.


Range: This species occurs throughout south, central and north central Texas.


Found in these States: TX


Diet: Primarily feeds on Lizards, snakes and their eggs and occasionally small rodents.


Reproduction: Mating occurs in early spring, with clutches of eggs laid in May and June. Young hatch in August, measuring 10 inches.


Status: Listed as Least Concern in view of its wide distribution, presumed large population, and because it is unlikely to be declining


Taxonomy: Taxonomic Swap Committed on 10-04-2022: Salvadora grahamiae lineata replaced with Salvadora lineata

»» Kingdom: Animalia - Animals
   »» Phylum: Chordata - Chordates
     »» Subphylum: Vertebrata - Vertebrates
       »» Class: Reptilia - Reptiles
         »» Order: Squamata - Scaled Reptiles
           »» Suborder: Serpentes
             »» Superfamily: Colubroidea
               »» Family: Colubridae - Colubrids
                   »» Genus: Salvadora
                     »» Species: Salvadora lineata - Texas Patch-Nosed Snake

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