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Salvadora grahamiae, also known commonly as the eastern patch-nosed snake and the mountain patchnose snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to the southwestern United States and adjacent northeastern Mexico .
Salvadora hexalepis, the western patch-nosed snake, is a species of non-venomous colubrid snake, which is endemic to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. [ 5 ] Geographic range
Roughly 7,000–8,000 people are bitten by venomous snakes each year in the United States, and about five of those people die. [4] Though most fatal bites are attributed to rattlesnakes, the copperhead accounts for more snakebites than any other venomous North American species.
“Just when you think you have seen just about every animal in your region, you still can get some surprises,” wildlife officials said.
Salvadora hexalepis virgultea Bogert, 1935 – coast patchnose snake; Salvadora intermedia Hartweg, 1940 – Oaxacan patchnose snake; Salvadora lemniscata (Cope, 1895) – Pacific patchnose snake; Salvadora lineata Schmidt, 1940 – Texas patchnose snake; Salvadora mexicana (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854) – Mexican patchnose ...
Locals had been killing the snakes because they thought they were poisonous, researchers said. ‘Exceedingly rare’ snake — nearly 4 feet long — spotted in Iraq yard for first time Skip to ...
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The black mamba (Dendroaspis polylepis) is a large and highly venomous snake species native to much of Sub-Saharan Africa. It is the second longest venomous snake species in the world and is the fastest moving land snake, capable of moving at 4.32 to 5.4 metres per second (16–20 km/h, 10–12 mph).