Salvadora lemniscata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Colubridae |
Genus: | Salvadora |
Species: | S. lemniscata |
Binomial name | |
Salvadora lemniscata (Cope, 1895) | |
Salvadora lemniscata, the Pacific patchnose snake, is a species of snake of the family Colubridae. [2]
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Salvadora gymnorhachis is a species of snake of the family Colubridae.
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Salvadora mexicana, the Mexican patchnose snake, is a species of snake of the family Colubridae.