Q:Hypsiglena torquata jani -  Hypsiglena torquata jani commonly known as the Texas night snake is a subspecies of small colubrid native to the southwestern United States and northeastern Mexico. Given a choice of categories company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, the text refers to which one?
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Animal