Hypsiglena jani, commonly known as the Texas night snake or the Chihuahuan night snake, is a small species of mildly venomous snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. The species is native to the southwestern United States and adjacent northeastern Mexico.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Chihuahuan Nightsnake being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Hypsiglena chlorophaea
- Hypsiglena ochrorhynchus
- Arizona occidentalis
- Hypsiglena torquata
- Alopecion guttatum
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Hypsiglena
- Species
- Hypsiglena jani
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