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Salvadora intermedia HARTWEG, 1940

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Higher TaxaColubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Oaxacan Patchnose Snake
S: Cuijera de Oaxaca 
SynonymSalvadora intermedia HARTWEG 1940
Salvadora intermedia richardi SMITH 1941
Salvadora intermedia — SMITH & TAYLOR 1945
Salvadora intermedia — LINER 1994
Salvadora intermedia — LINER 2007
Salvadora intermedia — WALLACH et al. 2014: 660
Salvadora intermedia — HERNÁNDEZ-JIMÉNEZ et al. 2021 
DistributionMexico (Oaxaca)

Type locality: Chilpancingo, Guerrero.

richardi: Mexico (Puebla); Type locality: Mexico: 1 mi N of Tehuacan, Puebla;  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: UMMZ 85733
Holotype: INHS (= UIMNH) 25071 (23470), E. H. Taylor and R. C.
Taylor; August 8, 1940 [richardi] 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Rostral scale elongated; generally 8 supralabials (occasionally 9), the fourth and fifth normally in contact with the eye; 10–11 infralabials; preocular scale divided; a single loreal scale; prenasal scale in contact with or separated from the second supralabial; chinshields in contact or separated by two small scales; ventral scales 172 to 190; subcaudal scales 84 to 114; tail is 23 to 30% of the total length; 11 + 3 maxillary teeth. Color pattern formed by a vertebral line three scales rows wide, yellowish in color and in contact with the parietal region; a pair of lateral lines is fused with the dorsolateral lines on first third of body, separated at second third of the body to tail; dorsolateral lines wide and dark, diverging at the neck, passing through the temporal region to eye.
Salvadora intermedia differs from its congeners by having a divided preocular scale; fewer than 116 subcaudal scales; 8 supralabials, the fourth and fifth in contact with the eye; the second pair of chinshields in contact with each other or separated by a row of scales; and two dark dorsolateral lines that diverge at the neck, passing through the temporal to eye (HERNÁNDEZ-JIMÉNEZ et al. 2021). 
CommentDistribution: See map in HERNÁNDEZ-JIMÉNEZ et al. 2021: Fig. 10. 
EtymologyFrom the Latin “intermedius” meaning something in a middle point or stage. 
References
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