Salvadora bairdi Jan, 1860 is a animal in the Colubridae family, order null, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Salvadora bairdi Jan, 1860

Salvadora bairdi Jan, 1860

Salvadora bairdi is an oviparous snake species found across multiple Mexican states, inhabiting forests, shrublands, and agricultural areas.

Family
Genus
Salvadora
Order
Class
Squamata

About Salvadora bairdi Jan, 1860

Salvadora bairdi Jan, 1860 has the following features. On this species, the rostral scale does not have free edges. Its pale vertebral stripe is three dorsal scales wide across the neck, and tapers to a width of one dorsal scale on the posterior third of the body. This species is native to Mexico, where it occurs in the states of Aguascalientes, southern Chihuahua, Colima, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro, Sinaloa, Sonora, and Veracruz. Its preferred natural habitats are forest and shrubland, found at altitudes ranging from 1,200 meters to 2,400 meters (3,900 feet to 7,900 feet), though individuals have also been recorded in agricultural areas. S. bairdi reproduces via oviparity, and an adult female can lay one or two clutches per breeding season.

Photo: (c) Cristian Olvera, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), uploaded by Cristian Olvera · cc-by-nc-nd

Taxonomy

Animalia › Chordata › Squamata › › Colubridae › Salvadora

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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