Pacific Patchnose snake
Salvadora lemniscata (Cope, 1895)
Status not recordedsnakes
The Pacific patchnose snake (Salvadora lemniscata) is a species in the family Colubridae, order Squamata.
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Quick facts about the Pacific patchnose snake
- Weight
- up to 228.2 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- up to 1.61 msrc for Length
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Carnivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forestsrc for Habitat
- Egg incubation
- 105 dayssrc for Egg incubation
- Young per litter or clutch
- 8.5src for Young per litter or clutch
- Reproduction
- Eggssrc for Reproduction
- Active
- By day (diurnal)src for Active
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the Pacific patchnose snake live?
Not recorded
Is the Pacific 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 Pacific patchnose snake classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classReptilia
- orderSquamata
- familyColubridae
- genusSalvadora
- SpeciesSalvadora lemniscata (Cope, 1895)
Synonyms Drymobius lemniscatus, Drymobius pulcherrimus
Other names and names in other languages (6)
- Pazifische PflasternasennatterGerman
- Culebra chata sureñaSpanish
- culebra nariz de parche del PacíficoSpanish
- Culebra parchada del PacíficoSpanish
- Culebra Rayada del PacificoSpanish
- Culebra-parchada del PacíficoSpanish
Relatives of the Pacific patchnose snake
Other species in the same genus Salvadora.
Baird's Patchnose snake
Salvadora bairdi
Western Patchnose snake
Salvadora hexalepis
Big bend Patchnose snake
Salvadora deserticola
Texas patch-nosed snake
Salvadora grahamiae
Oaxacan Patchnose snake
Salvadora intermedia
Mexican Patchnose snake
Salvadora mexicana
ComparePacific Patchnose snake vs Baird's Patchnose snakePacific Patchnose snake vs Western Patchnose snakePacific Patchnose snake vs Big bend Patchnose snakePacific Patchnose snake vs Texas patch-nosed snake
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
What kind of animal is the Pacific patchnose snake?
The Pacific patchnose snake (Salvadora lemniscata) 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.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · CC0 1.0 · E096-269
Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - 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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