Salvadora bairdi, also known commonly as Baird's patchnose snake and la culebra chata de Baird in Mexican Spanish, is a species of snake in the subfamily Colubrinae of the family Colubridae.[2] The species is native to central Mexico.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Salvadora |
| Species: | S. bairdi
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| Salvadora bairdi Jan, 1860
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Etymology edit
The specific name, bairdi, is in honor of American zoologist Spencer Fullerton Baird.[3]
Geographic range edit
S. bairdi is found in the Mexican states of Aguascalientes, southern Chihuahua, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro, Sinaloa, Sonora, and Veracruz.[2]
Habitat edit
The preferred natural habitats of S. bairdi are forest and shrubland, at altitudes of 1,200–2,400 m (3,900–7,900 ft), but it has also been found in agricultural areas.[1]
Description edit
In S. bairdi the rostral does not have free edges. The pale vertebral stripe is three dorsal scales wide on the neck, and tapers to one dorsal scale wide on the posterior third of the body.[2]
Behavior edit
S. bairdi is terrestrial.[1]
Diet edit
S. bairdi preys upon amphibians, small lizards, and small mammals.[1]
Reproduction edit
S. bairdi is oviparous.[1][2] An adult female may lay one or two clutches per season.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f g Canseco-Márquez, L.; Mendoza-Quijano, F.; Quintero Díaz, G.; Vazquez Díaz, J. (2007). "Salvadora bairdi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T63910A12725852. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63910A12725852.en. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
- ^ a b c d Species Salvadora bairdi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Salvadora bairdi, p. 14).
Further reading edit
- Jan [G] (1860). Iconographie générale des Ophidiens, Première livraison. [Illustrated by Ferdinando Sordelli ]. Paris: De Soye et Bouchet. Index + Plates I–VI. (Salvadora bairdi, new species, Plate II, figure 2, ten views). (in French).
- Heimes P (2016). Snakes of Mexico: Herpetofauna Mexicana Vol. I. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Edition Chimaira. 572 pp. ISBN 978-3899731002.
- Liner EA (2007). "A Checklist of the Amphibians and Reptiles of México". Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University (80): 1–59.
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