Species: Hypsiglena chlorophaea
Desert Nightsnake
Species
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Classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Craniata
Class
Reptilia
Order
Squamata
Family
Colubridae
Genus
Hypsiglena
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Classification
Other Global Common Names
couleuvre nocturne du désert
Informal Taxonomy
Animals, Vertebrates - Reptiles - Snakes
Formal Taxonomy
Animalia - Craniata - Reptilia - Squamata - Colubridae - Hypsiglena
Ecology and Life History
Habitat Type Description
Terrestrial
Migration
true - false - false
Non-migrant
true
Locally Migrant
false
Food Comments
This snake eats mainly lizards and lizard eggs, sometimes small snakes, frogs, insects, and salamanders (Stebbins 1985, Diller and Wallace 1986).
Reproduction Comments
In Idaho, adult females deposit a clutch of several eggs in June; males possibly are sexually mature in 1 year (Diller and Wallace 1986).<br>
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G5
Global Status Last Reviewed
2008-07-14
Global Status Last Changed
2008-07-14
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
G - 200,000-2,500,000 square km (about 80,000-1,000,000 square miles) - G - Range extends from south-central British Columbia south through Washington, Oregon, southern Idaho, eastern California, Nevada, Utah, western Colorado, northern, western, and much of southernwestern Arizona, northeastern Baja California, and northwestern mainland Mexico (Mulcahy 2008).
Global Range Code
G
Global Range Description
200,000-2,500,000 square km (about 80,000-1,000,000 square miles)