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title: "Coast Night Snake"
description: "Hypsiglena ochrorhynchus — Répteis. Hypsiglena ochrorhynchus, also known commonly as the coast night snake and the spotted night snake, is a species of snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/coast-night-snake
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Coast Night Snake

> Hypsiglena ochrorhynchus — Répteis. Hypsiglena ochrorhynchus, also known commonly as the coast night snake and the spotted night snake, is a species of snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae.

- Scientific name: *Hypsiglena ochrorhynchus*
- Category: `reptiles` (Répteis)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1917
- iNaturalist taxon: [797692](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/797692)

## Names

- en: Coast Night Snake
- es: Culebra nocturna peninsular

## Countries with the most observations

US (1436), MX (311)

## Summary

Hypsiglena ochrorhynchus, also known commonly as the coast night snake and the spotted night snake, is a species of snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae.  The species is native to California in the United States and to the Baja California Peninsula in Mexico. There are eight recognized subspecies.

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

## Photo

![Coast Night Snake](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/coast-night-snake/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jocelyn Sanchez · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/49237530

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/coast-night-snake?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).