Salvadora bairdi facts for kids
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Salvadora (snake)
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bairdi
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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. The species is native to central Mexico.
Etymology
The specific name, bairdi, is in honor of American zoologist Spencer Fullerton Baird.
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.
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.
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.
Behavior
S. bairdi is terrestrial.
Diet
S. bairdi preys upon amphibians, small lizards, and small mammals.
Reproduction
S. bairdi is oviparous. An adult female may lay one or two clutches per season.
