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Baird's Patchnose snake

Salvadora bairdi Jan, 1860

Status not recordedsnakes

The baird's patchnose snake (Salvadora bairdi) is a species in the family Colubridae, order Squamata. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Mexico.

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Quick facts about the baird's patchnose snake

Weight
up to 159.9 gsrc for Weight
Length
up to 1.13 msrc for Length
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Carnivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
8src for Young per litter or clutch
Litters or clutches a year
2src for Litters or clutches a year
Reproduction
Eggssrc for Reproduction
Active
Day and night (cathemeral)src for Active
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the baird's patchnose snake live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The baird's patchnose snake is listed for 1 country.

Mexico
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Mexico

Why a country list is not a range map

Listed by: ReptileDB (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.

Is the baird's patchnose snake endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the baird's patchnose snake classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classReptilia
  4. orderSquamata
  5. familyColubridae
  6. genusSalvadora
  7. SpeciesSalvadora bairdi Jan, 1860

Synonyms Salvadora bogerti

Other names and names in other languages (6)
  • Gestreifte PflasternasennatterGerman
  • Culebra chataSpanish
  • Culebra Chata de BairdSpanish
  • Culebra chata mexicanaSpanish
  • Culebra parchadaSpanish
  • Culebra-parchada de BairdSpanish

Catalogue of LifeiNaturalistITISWikidata

Relatives of the baird's patchnose snake

Other species in the same genus Salvadora.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the baird's patchnose snake live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the baird's patchnose snake for 1 country: Mexico. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the baird's patchnose snake?

The baird's patchnose snake (Salvadora bairdi) belongs to the family Colubridae in the order Squamata.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

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BibTeX
@misc{bairds_patchnose_snake_2026,
  title = {Baird's Patchnose snake (Salvadora bairdi)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/bairds-patchnose-snake},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}