Photo of a Texas Patchnose Snake (Salvadora lineata)
Photo: Robby Deans, CC BY-NC, via iNaturalist

Texas Patchnose Snake

Salvadora lineata

Venom
Not venomous
Constrictor
Not documented
Type
Colubrid
Family
Colubridae
Genus
Salvadora
Continents
North America
Countries
2
How common
Common

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About

Texas Patchnose Snake (Salvadora lineata) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Mexico, United States. It lives in habitats such as tropical montane forest, montane rainforest, cloud forest, tropical dry forest and 29 more. Common: recorded in 481 places on iNaturalist.

Where it lives

Native range

Habitats

Estimated from where this snake is recorded and what kind of snake it is - not a confirmed habitat survey.

Related snakes

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