Salvadora grahamiae, also known commonly as the eastern patch-nosed snake and the mountain patchnose snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to the southwestern United States and adjacent northeastern Mexico.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Mountain Patch-nosed Snake being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Salvadora deserticola
- Salvadora hexalepis
- Salvadora lineata
- Psammophylax tritaeniatus
- Conophis vittatus
- Salvadora bairdi
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Salvadora
- Species
- Salvadora grahamiae
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