Salvadora bairdi

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Salvadora bairdi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Salvadora
Species:
S. bairdi
Binomial name
Salvadora bairdi
Jan, 1860
Synonyms
  • Salvadora bairdi
    Jan, 1860
  • Salvadora bogerti
    H.M. Smith, 1941
  • Salvadora bairdi
    W.B. Davis & H.M. Smith, 1953
  • Salvadora grahamiae bairdi
    W. Tanner, 1985
  • Salvadora bairdi
    Liner, 1994

Salvadora bairdi, also known commonly as Baird's patchnose snake and la culebra chata de Baird in Mexican Spanish, is a species of snake in the subfamily Colubrinae of the family Colubridae. [2] The species is native to central Mexico. [1]

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Etymology

The specific name, bairdi, is in honor of American zoologist Spencer Fullerton Baird. [3]

Geographic range

S. bairdi is found in the Mexican states of Aguascalientes, southern Chihuahua, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro, Sinaloa, Sonora, and Veracruz. [2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of S. bairdi are forest and shrubland, at altitudes of 1,200–2,400 m (3,900–7,900 ft), but it has also been found in agricultural areas. [1]

Description

In S. bairdi the rostral does not have free edges. The pale vertebral stripe is three dorsal scales wide on the neck, and tapers to one dorsal scale wide on the posterior third of the body. [2]

Behavior

S. bairdi is terrestrial. [1]

Diet

S. bairdi preys upon amphibians, small lizards, and small mammals. [1]

Reproduction

S. bairdi is oviparous. [1] [2] An adult female may lay one or two clutches per season. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Canseco-Márquez, L.; Mendoza-Quijano, F.; Quintero Díaz, G.; Vazquez Díaz, J. (2007). "Salvadora bairdi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2007: e.T63910A12725852. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63910A12725852.en . Retrieved 6 July 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Species Salvadora bairdi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN   978-1-4214-0135-5. (Salvadora bairdi, p. 14).

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