Coast Night Snake

About the Coast Night Snake

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.

H. ochrorhynchus is oviparous. Eight subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies. Hypsiglena ochrorhynchus baueri Zweifel, 1958 Hypsiglena ochrorhynchus gularis W. Tanner, 1954 Hypsiglena ochrorhynchus klauberi W. Tanner, 1946

Hypsiglena ochrorhynchus martinensis W. Tanner & Banta, 1962 Hypsiglena ochrorhynchus nuchalata W. Tanner, 1943 Hypsiglena ochrorhynchus ochrorhynchus Cope, 1860 Hypsiglena ochrorhynchus tortugaensis W. Tanner, 1946 Hypsiglena ochrorhynchus venusta Mocquard, 1899

The subspecific name, baueri, is in honor of American entrepreneur Harry J. Bauer (1886–1960) for his support of the 1958 Puritan-American Museum expedition to Baja California. The subspecific name, klauberi, is in honor of American herpetologist Laurence Monroe Klauber. Wikipedia →