Salvadora grahamiae (Patchnose Snake)
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TEXAS
PATCHNOSE SNAKE
Salvadora grahamiae Baird & Girard, 1853
STATUS: Common
LOCALITIES OBSERVED: Johnson
Co.: 5.3 mi S of Cleburne
State Park on FM 1434; Parker
Co.: 15 mi W of Fort
Worth; Somervell Co.:
near US 67 bridge over Brazos River and near jct of US 67 and FM
51; Tarrant Co.:
3 mi SE of Wheatland, 1 mi NE of US 377 bridge over the Clear Fork
of the Trinity River, and 3.4 mi S of Azle;
Wise Co.: 5.9 mi W of Chico and W side of Lake Bridgeport
DOCUMENTED COUNTIES: Hood,
Johnson, Parker, Somervell, Tarrant, and Wise
HABITAT: Western Cross
Timbers and Rolling Plains
SUBSPECIES: Texas
Patchnose Snake (S. g. lineata Schmidt, 1940)
COMMENTS: The Texas
patchnose snake is common only in the western part of the Metroplex where
rocky outcroppings occur.
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