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title: "Chihuahuan Nightsnake"
description: "Hypsiglena jani — Reptiles. Hypsiglena jani, commonly known as the Texas night snake or the Chihuahuan night snake, is a small species of mildly venomous snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/chihuahuan-nightsnake
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Chihuahuan Nightsnake

> Hypsiglena jani — Reptiles. Hypsiglena jani, commonly known as the Texas night snake or the Chihuahuan night snake, is a small species of mildly venomous snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family  Colubridae.

- Scientific name: *Hypsiglena jani*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptiles)
- Habitats: `desert` (Desert)
- iNaturalist observations: 2267
- Wikidata: [Q3144383](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3144383)
- iNaturalist taxon: [103200](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/103200)

## Names

- en: Chihuahuan Nightsnake
- de: Texas-Nachtschlange
- es: Culebra nocturna del Noreste
- nl: Hypsiglena torquata jani

## Countries with the most observations

US (1806), MX (224)

## Summary

Hypsiglena jani, commonly known as the Texas night snake or the Chihuahuan night snake, is a small species of mildly venomous snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family  Colubridae.  The species is native to the southwestern United States and adjacent northeastern Mexico.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypsiglena_jani

## Photo

![Chihuahuan Nightsnake](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/chihuahuan-nightsnake/medium.jpg)

Photo: Nick Loveland · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/42042164

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/chihuahuan-nightsnake?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).