Desert Patch-nosed Snake
Salvadora hexalepis hexalepis
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- S. h. hexalepis – Yavapai Co, AZ – photo by Kerby Ross
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- S. h. hexalepis – Yavapai Co, AZ – photo by Kerby Ross
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- S. h. hexalepis – Yavapai Co, AZ – photo by Will Wells
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- S. h. hexalepis – Yavapai Co, AZ – photo by Will Wells
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- Map by Steve Bledsoe, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Salvadora h. hexalepis occurs across the southern half of Arizona south of the Mogollon Rim ranges, and in southeastern California.
LEGAL STATUS: No Listings
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Salvadora hexalepis hexalepis (Cope – 1866)
Genus: Salvadora, Latin – salvus= whole, sound, well preserved + dura = hide, skin
Species/Subspecies: hexalepis, Greek – hex = six + lepisma = scale – ref. 6th supralabial reaching the eye in the holotype
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jaeger 1962