Western Patch-nosed Snake, Coast Patch-nosed Snake subspecies (Salvadora hexalepis virgultea) in San Diego County, California.

Pima Co., Arizona

Texas patch-nosed snake from Hidalgo County, TX.

Mountain Patch-nosed Snake. (Salvadora grahamiae lineata) Travis County, TX. Balcones Canyonlands Preserve.

Pinery Canyon, Chiricahua Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona. | May 29, 2017.

This species moves with the head lifted well off the ground. Defensively, the lower scales are flatted vertically to make the snake look larger. Millville Trail, San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area, Cochise County, AZ, 1 June 2010

Western Patch-nosed Snake, Mohave Patch-nosed Snake subspecies (Salvadora hexalepis mojavensis) from Kern County, California. Head shot 1 with single off-camera flash on left.

Eastern Patch-nosed Snake in Santa Cruz County, Arizona.

Doeskin Ranch

Back yard north SA. Texas Patch Nose snake (Salvadora grahmiae lineatus)

family Colubridae identified by Rowe Elliott www.ci.austin.tx.us/preserves/fotosnk13.htm

Cochise County, Arizona

Not 100% on which type of snake this is but from research this is the best fit:

Salvadora hexalepis hexalepis - Desert Patch-nosed Snake

Millville Trail, San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area, Cochise County, AZ, 1 June 2010

Salvadora hexalepis

in situ

North of Aguanga, Ca.

Riverside Co.

Estero Llano Grande State Park, Weslaco, Hidalgo County Texas

The first snake find of the day was when my guide, Max Pons, flipped an old board to reveal this beauty. I promptly caught it and it bit me...HARD!

Santa Rita Experimental Range, Pima County, AZ

Western Patch-nosed Snake from Tucson, Arizona

Salvadora hexalepis hexalepis

Western Patch-nosed Snake from Portal, Arizona. Shows the rostral (nose scale) that gives this snake its name.

Cochise County, Arizona

20 March 2020; Battalion Road, Animas Valley, Hidalgo County, NM.

20 March 2020; Battalion Road, Animas Valley, Hidalgo County, NM.

Desert Patched-nosed Snake (Salvadora hexalepis hexalepis), California City, California (July 31, 2009)

Hatch year, about 12 inches long, Fort Huachuca, Cochise County, AZ, 20 October 2008

Head of a Texas Patch-nosed Snake (Salvadora grahamiae lineata) in south Texas.

Fort Huachuca, Cochise County, AZ, 5 April 2012

TEXAS: Edwards County, Camp Wood Hills

Mountain patch-nosed snake

(Salvadora grahamiae ssp. grahamiae : Colubridae)

Kohl's Ranch, Gila Co., Arizona, ca. 5360 ft. elev. Ponderosa pine/oak/juniper forest vic. of Tonto Creek.

Western Patch-nosed Snake (Salvadora hexalepis). Val Verde Co., TX.

A neonate Western Patch-nosed Snake, Big Bend Patch-nosed subspecies (Salvadora hexalepis deserticola) in Cochise County, Arizona.

(Salvadora hexalepis)

San Bernardino Co., Ca.

Not taken at Gringo Gulch but at the wash after you drop

down from the Wildlife Corridor hike