Texas patch-nosed snake
Salvadora grahamiae Baird & Girard, 1853
Status not recordedsnakes
The texas patch-nosed snake (Salvadora grahamiae) is a species in the family Colubridae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh about 649 g.
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Quick facts about the texas patch-nosed snake
- Weight
- 649 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- up to 1.19 msrc for Length
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Carnivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- desert, shrublandsrc for Habitat
- Egg incubation
- 123 dayssrc for Egg incubation
- Young per litter or clutch
- 7 – 10src for Young per litter or clutch
- Reproduction
- Eggssrc for Reproduction
- Active
- By day (diurnal)src for Active
- Lifestyle
- Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Which animals does the texas patch-nosed snake eat?
Species recorded in published studies and collections.
Recorded prey of the texas patch-nosed snake
1 on record
- Neaves' whiptail Aspidoscelis exsanguis2 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
- SALVADORA GRAHAMIAE (Eastern Patch-nosed Snake). DIET. 2018. Herpetological Review 49(3): 556-556
- https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/303881418
Where does the texas patch-nosed snake live?
Not recorded
Is the texas patch-nosed 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 texas patch-nosed snake classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classReptilia
- orderSquamata
- familyColubridae
- genusSalvadora
- SpeciesSalvadora grahamiae Baird & Girard, 1853
Synonyms Phimothyra grahamiae
Other names and names in other languages (11)
- Eastern patch-nosed snakeEnglish
- Mountain patch-nosed snakeEnglish
- Mountain Patchnose snakeEnglish
- BergpflasternasennatterGerman
- Berg-PflasternasennatterGerman
- Culebra ChataSpanish
- Culebra chata de montañaSpanish
- Culebra chata orientalSpanish
- Culebra parchada de montañaSpanish
- Culebra-parchada de montañaSpanish
- Техасский заплатоносый ужRussian
Relatives of the texas patch-nosed 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
Pacific Patchnose snake
Salvadora lemniscata
Oaxacan Patchnose snake
Salvadora intermedia
Mexican Patchnose snake
Salvadora mexicana
CompareTexas patch-nosed snake vs Baird's Patchnose snakeTexas patch-nosed snake vs Western Patchnose snakeTexas patch-nosed snake vs Big bend Patchnose snakeTexas patch-nosed snake vs Pacific Patchnose snake
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the texas patch-nosed snake?
An adult texas patch-nosed snake weighs 649 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the texas patch-nosed snake?
The texas patch-nosed snake (Salvadora grahamiae) belongs to the family Colubridae in the order Squamata.
Which animals does the texas patch-nosed snake eat?
Animals recorded as prey of the texas patch-nosed snake include neaves' 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.
- 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 - Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI): interpreted data products · CC0 1.0 · 0.11
Poelen, J.H., Simons, J.D. & Mungall, C.J. (2014) Global Biotic Interactions: an open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics 24: 148–159. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2014.08.005. Data: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22691479, with each record's original reference. - 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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