What is "salvadora"

Salvadora is a genus of colubrid snakes commonly called patchnose snakes or patch-nosed snakes, which are endemic to the western United States and Mexico. They are characterized by having a distinctive scale on the tip of the snout.

Salvadora is the generic name of two groups of organisms:

• Salvadora (snake), the animal genus of patchnose snakes
• Salvadora (plant), a genus of plants in the Salvadoraceae family
  • Salvadora persica, the toothbrush tree

Salvadora is a genus of flowering plants in the family Salvadoraceae.

Species include:

• Salvadora alii
• Salvadora angustifolia
• Salvadora australis
• Salvadora oleoides
• Salvadora persica