Salvadora bairdi

Salvadora bairdi
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
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]

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]

References

1. 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. 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).

Further reading

• Jan [G] (1860). Iconographie générale des Ophidiens, Première livraison. [Illustrated by Ferdinando Sordelli ]. Paris: De Soye et Bouchet. Index + Plates I–VI. (Salvadora bairdi, new species, Plate II, figure 2, ten views). (in French).
• Heimes P (2016). Snakes of Mexico: Herpetofauna Mexicana Vol. I. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Edition Chimaira. 572 pp. ISBN 978-3899731002.
• Liner EA (2007). "A Checklist of the Amphibians and Reptiles of México". Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University (80): 1–59.