Texas Nightsnake (Hypsiglena jani texana)
Created: March 6th, 2011 - 10:24 AM
Last Modified: March 6th, 2011 - 10:24 AM Entered by: Bill Gorum
Record 66723
Last Modified: March 6th, 2011 - 10:24 AM Entered by: Bill Gorum
Record 66723
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Country: United States |
State: New Mexico |
County: Chaves County |
Time: 1994-07-00 00:00:00 |
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Qty: 1 |
Age: Adult |
Sex: -- |
Method: Trapped |
Habitat: formerly sand shinnery habitat from which the shin oak had been removed with herbicide |
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Notes
This is the only night snake we captured in 5 summers of pitfall trapping in the Mescelero sands. The study site it was trapped at was located just off of US 380. It is possible that the habitat disturbance caused by the presence of the highway allowed night snakes to penetrate into otherwise unsuitable habitat. It is also entirely possible that they are well distributed throughout the sand shinnery habitat in the Mescelero sands, but just don't fall into pitfall traps very often.
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