Hypsiglena torquata
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 Texas Night Snake Hypsiglena torquata jani | ||||||||||||||||
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| Hypsiglena torquata Günther, 1860 |
Hypsiglena torquata is a species of rear-fanged, colubrid snake known as the night snake. They are found through the south and western United States, as well as Mexico. The number of subspecies varies depending on the source, but it is generally accepted that there are 17.
Subspecies
- Hypsiglena torquata affinis (Boulenger, 1894)
- Cedros Island Night Snake, Hypsiglena torquata baueri (Zweifel, 1958)
- Santa Catalina Night Snake, Hypsiglena torquata catalinae (Tanner, 1966)
- Sonoran Night Snake, Hypsiglena torquata chlorophaea (Cope, 1860)
- Desert Night Snake, Hypsiglena torquata deserticola (Tanner, 1966)
- Isla Partida Norte Night Snake, Hypsiglena torquata gularis (Tanner, 1954)
- Texas Night Snake, Hypsiglena torquata jani (Dugés, 1865)
- San Diego Night Snake, Hypsiglena torquata klauberi (Tanner, 1944)
- Mesa Verde Night Snake, Hypsiglena torquata loreala (Tanner, 1944)
- San Martin Island Night Snake, Hypsiglena torquata martinensis (Tanner & Banta 1962)
- California Night Snake, Hypsiglena torquata nuchalata (Tanner, 1943)
- Spotted Night Snake, Hypsiglena torquata ochrorhyncha (Cope, 1860)
- Tiburon Island Night Snake, Hypsiglena torquata tiburonensis (Tanner, 1981)
- Hypsiglena torquata torquata (Günther, 1860)
- Hypsiglena torquata tortugensis (Tanner, 1944)
- Hypsiglena torquata unaocularis (Tanner, 1944)
- Central Baja Night Snake, Hypsiglena torquata venusta (Mocquard, 1899)
References
- Species Hypsiglena torquata at The Reptile Database
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Hypsiglena torquata". Image Credit.
