Big bend Patchnose snake
Salvadora deserticola Schmidt, 1940
Status not recordedsnakes
The big bend patchnose snake (Salvadora deserticola) is a species in the family Colubridae, order Squamata.
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Quick facts about the big bend patchnose snake
- Weight
- Not recorded
- Length
- up to 1.14 msrc for Length
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Carnivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- desert, shrublandsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Reproduction
- Eggssrc for Reproduction
- Active
- Day and night (cathemeral)src for Active
- Lifestyle
- Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the big bend patchnose snake live?
Not recorded
Is the big bend 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 big bend patchnose snake classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classReptilia
- orderSquamata
- familyColubridae
- genusSalvadora
- SpeciesSalvadora deserticola Schmidt, 1940
Synonyms Salvadora hexalepis celeris, Salvadora hexalepis deserticola
Other names and names in other languages (9)
- Big bend patch-nosed snakeEnglish
- WüstenpflasternasennatterGerman
- Wüsten-PflasternasennatterGerman
- culebra rayadaSpanish
- Culebra Chata de MontañaSpanish
- culebra chata del desiertoSpanish
- culebra parchada de Big BendSpanish
- Culebra-parchada de Big BendSpanish
- Заплатоносый уж ШмидтаRussian
Relatives of the big bend patchnose snake
Other species in the same genus Salvadora.
Baird's Patchnose snake
Salvadora bairdi
Western Patchnose snake
Salvadora hexalepis
Texas patch-nosed snake
Salvadora grahamiae
Pacific Patchnose snake
Salvadora lemniscata
Oaxacan Patchnose snake
Salvadora intermedia
Mexican Patchnose snake
Salvadora mexicana
CompareBig bend Patchnose snake vs Baird's Patchnose snakeBig bend Patchnose snake vs Western Patchnose snakeBig bend Patchnose snake vs Texas patch-nosed snakeBig bend Patchnose snake vs Pacific Patchnose snake
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
What kind of animal is the big bend patchnose snake?
The big bend patchnose snake (Salvadora deserticola) 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.
- Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - ReptTraits: a comprehensive dataset of ecological traits in reptiles · CC BY 4.0 · v1-2
Oskyrko, O., Mi, C., Meiri, S. et al. (2024) ReptTraits: a comprehensive dataset of ecological traits in reptiles. Scientific Data 11: 243. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03079-5. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.24572683.v4 - SquamBase 1.0 - a dataset of squamate species traits · CC0 1.0 · 1.0-dryad-v5
Meiri, S. (2024) SquamBase - a database of squamate (Reptilia: Squamata) traits. Global Ecology and Biogeography 33(4): e13812. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13812. Data: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.76hdr7t3b
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