Chihuahuan Night Snake
Hypsiglena jani

• Order: Squamata
• Suborder: Serpentes
• Family: Dipsadidae (Slender Rear-Fanged Snakes)
• Species: Hypsiglena jani (hip-sih-GLEEN-uh YAN-eye)
• Common English Name: Chihuahuan Night Snake
• Common Spanish Name: Culebra Nocturna de Chihuahua

Hypsiglena jani. Photographer: Dr. Carl S. Lieb. Indio Mountains Research Station, Hudspeth Co., TX. 20 July 1991.

Last Update: 15 Jul 2009