Hypsiglena jani
(Dugès, 1865)
hip-seh-GLEN-uh — JAN-ai
SSAR 9th Edition Comments:
There are no current SSAR comments for this taxon.
Range maps are based on curated specimens and provided gratis by CNAH.
(Created by Travis W. Taggart; Version: 2023.04.08.23.01.40)
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First instance(s) of published English names:
Texas Night Snake (Hypsiglena torquata texana: Schmidt, Karl P. 1953. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.);
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
The Reptile Database
GenBank
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database
Selected References:
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1865
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Dugès, Alfredo. Du Liophis janii. Academie des Sciences et Lettres de Montpellier. Memoires de la Section des Sciences. 6:32–33
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1937
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Hibbard, Claude W. Hypsiglena ochrorhynchus in Kansas and additional notes on Leptotyphlops dulcis. Copeia 1937(1):74
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1940
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Kuntz, R. E. Hypsiglena ochrorhyncha in Oklahoma. Copeia 1940(2):136
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1950
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Dundee, Harold A. Additional records of Hypsiglena from Oklahoma with notes on the behavior and eggs. Herpetologica 6(2):28-30
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1954
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Tanner, Wilmer W. Additional note on the genus Hypsiglena with a description of a new subspecies. Herpetologica 10:54-56
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2002
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Rundquist, Eric M. Natural history of the Night Snake, Hypsiglena torquata, in Kansas. Journal of Kansas Herpetology (4):16-20
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2016
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Myers, Edward A., Michael J. Hickerson, and Frank T. Burbrink. Asynchronous diversification of snakes in the North American warm deserts. Journal of Biogeography 44(2):1-14
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2016
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Lee, Justin L., Adrian Thompson and Daniel G. Mulcahy. Relationships between numbers of vertebrae, scale counts, and body size, with implications for taxonomy in Nightsnakes (Genus: Hypsiglena). Journal of Herpetology 50(4):616-620
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2020
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Myers, Eward A. and Daniel G. Mulcahy. Six additional mitochondrial genomes for North American nightsnakes (Dipsadidae: Hypsiglena) and a novel gene feature for advanced snakes. Mitochondrial DNA Part B Resources 5(3):3056-3058
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