Desert Night Snake
Hypsiglena chlorophea
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- H. chlorophaea – Pima Co, AZ – photo by Will Wells
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- H. chlorophaea – Pima Co, AZ – photo by Will Wells
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- H. chlorophaea – Wayne Co, UT – photo by Clay Northrop
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- Map by Steve Bledsoe, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Hypsiglena chlorophea occurs in the Colorado Desert, Mojave Desert, Great Basin Desert and Sonoran Desert regions of Arizona, California, Nevada and Utah.
LEGAL STATUS: No Listings
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Hypsiglena chlorophea (Tanner – 1944)
Genus: Hypsiglena, Greek – hypsi = high + glenes = eyes
Species: chlorophea, Greek – chloro = yellow + phea = light, bright – signifying clarity or brilliance
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jeager 1962