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title: "Baird's Patchnose Snake"
description: "Salvadora bairdi — Reptiles. Salvadora bairdi, also known commonly as Baird's patchnose snake and la culebra chata de Baird in Mexican Spanish, is a species of snake in the subfamily Colubrinae of the family Colubridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/baird-s-patchnose-snake
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Baird's Patchnose Snake

> Salvadora bairdi — Reptiles. Salvadora bairdi, also known commonly as Baird's patchnose snake and la culebra chata de Baird in Mexican Spanish, is a species of snake in the subfamily Colubrinae of the family Colubridae.

- Scientific name: *Salvadora bairdi*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptiles)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 635
- Wikidata: [Q3470346](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3470346)
- iNaturalist taxon: [28752](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/28752)

## Names

- en: Baird's Patchnose Snake
- de: Gestreifte Pflasternasennatter
- es: Culebra chata mexicana

## Countries with the most observations

MX (544)

## Summary

Salvadora bairdi, also known commonly as Baird's patchnose snake and la culebra chata de Baird in Mexican Spanish, is a species of snake in the subfamily Colubrinae of the family Colubridae. The species is native to central Mexico.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvadora_bairdi

## Photo

![Baird's Patchnose Snake](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/baird-s-patchnose-snake/medium.jpg)

Photo: Sinaloa Silvestre · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/165621596

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/baird-s-patchnose-snake?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).