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Mexican Patchnose snake

Salvadora mexicana (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854)

Status not recordedsnakes

The mexican patchnose snake (Salvadora mexicana) is a species in the family Colubridae, order Squamata. Recorded adults live up to 6.3 years. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Mexico.

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Quick facts about the mexican patchnose snake

Weight
up to 395.9 gsrc for Weight
Length
up to 1.62 msrc for Length
Lifespan
6.3 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Carnivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Reproduction
Eggssrc for Reproduction
Active
By day (diurnal)src for Active
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Which animals does the mexican patchnose snake eat?

Species recorded in published studies and collections.

Recorded prey of the mexican patchnose snake

1 on record

  1. Many-lined whiptail Aspidoscelis lineattissimus2 sources

Each pair is recorded by at least two independent datasets. A record shows the animal was seen or found to have eaten the other, including scavenged carcasses and young animals; it does not say how often. Compiled by Global Biotic Interactions (CC0 1.0).

References for these records
  • https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/148110230
  • ASPIDOSCELIS LINEATISSIMUS (Colima Whiptail Lizard). PREDATION. 2006. Herpetological Review 37(4): 462-463

Where does the mexican 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 mexican 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 mexican 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 mexican patchnose snake classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classReptilia
  4. orderSquamata
  5. familyColubridae
  6. genusSalvadora
  7. SpeciesSalvadora mexicana (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854)

Synonyms Zamenis mexicanus

Other names and names in other languages (9)
  • Almindelig Mexicansk FlignæsesnogDanish
  • Mexikanische PflasternasennatterGerman
  • CuijeraSpanish
  • Culebra chata del PacíficoSpanish
  • Culebra mangueraSpanish
  • Culebra nariz de parche mexicanaSpanish
  • Culebra parchada mexicanaSpanish
  • Culebra-parchada mexicanaSpanish
  • Мексиканский заплатоносый ужRussian

Catalogue of LifeiNaturalistITISWikidata

Relatives of the mexican 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 mexican patchnose snake live?

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

How long does the mexican patchnose snake live?

The mexican patchnose snake has a recorded lifespan of 6.3 years.

What kind of animal is the mexican patchnose snake?

The mexican patchnose snake (Salvadora mexicana) belongs to the family Colubridae in the order Squamata.

Which animals does the mexican patchnose snake eat?

Animals recorded as prey of the mexican patchnose snake include many-lined whiptail. The records are compiled by Global Biotic Interactions from published studies; each pair is reported by at least two datasets.

Sources and how to cite this page

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

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Mexican Patchnose snake (Salvadora mexicana). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/mexican-patchnose-snake

MLA

“Mexican Patchnose snake (Salvadora mexicana).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/mexican-patchnose-snake.

BibTeX
@misc{mexican_patchnose_snake_2026,
  title = {Mexican Patchnose snake (Salvadora mexicana)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/mexican-patchnose-snake},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}