| Range: |
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| Other Names: |
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| Subspecies: |
Mountain Patchnose Snake Salvadora grahamiae grahamiae |
| Description: |
Adults are 22" - 47" in length. A thin light gray to light brown snake
with a light wide stripe of white, gray or yellow running down the
back with parallel bordered black stripes The dark stripes are
distinct and have clean edges. This species has a large, triangular
free-edged rostral scale. Belly white or pinkish white. |
| Similar Species: |
The Western Patchnose has four distinct longitudinal lines on the dorsum with the outer pair of lines on the fourth scale row at midbody; the middorsal color is tan to brownish-orange and is darker than the paler ground color of the sides; there are 9 upper lablials and the chinshields are always separated by 2-3 scale widths. No other lined species has the patch-like rostral. |
| Venom: |
None |
| Habitat: |
A snake and rough terrain, rocky canyons, plateaus and mountain
slopes. Found usually above 4,000 ft. Found in open woodland forests
and in forests in mountains. |
| Behavior: |
Diurnal |
| Hibernation: |
Deep in cracks of rocks. |
| Reproduction: |
Mates in early spring. Has clutches of 5-10 eggs. |
| Diet: |
Eats lizards, lizards eggs, small snakes, nestling birds and mammals |
Authored by: Garth Teitjen
