Hypsiglena jani
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Chihuahuan Nightsnake
Subspecies I've seen:
H. j. texana
Texas Nightsnake
Hypsiglena jani texana
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Texas Nightsnake
The first photo shows one of these inoffensive little snakes in its huddled-under-a-rock-for-safety position. The second photo shows the same snake in its coiled-under-a-bush-for-safety position. Tell me again why people are afraid of snakes?
Printed references:
- Conant, R., Collins, J. T. 1998. Peterson Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern and Central North America, Third Edition, expanded
- Crother, B. I. (ed.) 2017. Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico, with Comments Regarding Confidence in Our Understanding, Eighth Edition
- Dixon, J. R., Werler, J. E. 2000. Texas Snakes: A Field Guide
- Ernst, C. H., Ernst, E. M. 2003. Snakes of the United States and Canada