DFW HERPS |
Salvadora grahamiae |
Patch-nosed Snake |
PATCH-NOSED SNAKE Salvadora grahamiae Baird & Girard, 1853 STATUS: Common DOCUMENTED COUNTIES: Hood, Johnson, Parker, Somervell, Tarrant, and Wise HABITAT: Western Cross Timbers and Rolling Plains SUBSPECIES: Texas Patch-nosed 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. |