Species: Hypsiglena chlorophaea

Desert Nightsnake
Species
    Kingdom
    Animalia
    Phylum
    Craniata
    Class

    Reptilia

    Order

    Squamata

    Family

    Colubridae

    Genus

    Hypsiglena

    Classification
    Other Global Common Names
    couleuvre nocturne du désert
    Informal Taxonomy
    Animals, Vertebrates - Reptiles - Snakes
    Formal Taxonomy
    Animalia - Craniata - Reptilia - Squamata - Colubridae - Hypsiglena
    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>
    NatureServe Global Status Rank
    G5
    Global Status Last Reviewed
    2008-07-14
    Global Status Last Changed
    2008-07-14
    Conservation Status Map
    <img src="http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/GetMapGif?CA.BC=S1&US.AZ=S5&US.CA=SNR&US.CO=S3&US.ID=S5&US.NN=S4&US.NV=S5&US.NM=S5&US.OR=S3&US.UT=S4&US.WA=S3" alt="Conservation Status Map" style="width: 475px; height: auto;" />
    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)
    ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.817007