Mountain Patch-nosed Snake
Salvadora grahamiae grahamiae
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- S. g. grahamiae – Cochise Co, AZ – photo by Alice Abela
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- S. g. grahamiae – Cochise Co, AZ – photo by Ben Stupavsky
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- S. g. grahamiae – Cochise Co, AZ – photo by Diego Ortiz
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- S. g. grahamiae – Cochise Co, AZ – photo by Diego Ortiz
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- S. g. grahamiae – Crockett Co, TX – photo by Ben Stupavsky
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- S. g. grahamiae – Santa Cruz Co, AZ – photo by Alice Abela
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- Map by Steve Bledsoe, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Salvadora g. grahamiae occurs in southeastern Arizona, southwestern and central New Mexico and the Big Bend region of Texas.
LEGAL STATUS: No Listings
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Salvadora grahamiae grahamiae (Baird & Girard – 1853)
Genus: Salvadora, Latin – salvus= whole, sound, well preserved + dura = hide, skin
Species/Subspecies: grahamiae, honors James D. Graham
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jaeger 1962