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Pituophis melanoleucus Stejneger & Barbour, 1917 [3] Pituophis melanoleucus, commonly known as the eastern pine snake, is a species of nonvenomous snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to the eastern United States. Three subspecies are currently recognized as being valid.
In all snakes of the genus Pituophis, the epiglottis is peculiarly modified so that it is thin, erect and flexible. When a stream of air is forced from the trachea, the epiglottis vibrates, thereby producing the peculiarly loud, hoarse hissing for which bullsnakes, gopher snakes, and pine snakes are well known.
Pituophis melanoleucus ruthveni Stull, 1929. The Louisiana pine snake (Pituophis ruthveni) is a species of large, non-venomous, constrictor in the family Colubridae. [3][4] This powerful snake is notable because of its large eggs and small clutch sizes. The Louisiana pine snake is indigenous to west-central Louisiana and East Texas, where it ...
Pituophis melanoleucus lodingi. Blanchard, 1924. Pituophis melanoleucus lodingi, commonly known as the black pinesnake or black pine snake, [4] is a subspecies of nonvenomous snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to southern Mississippi and southwestern Alabama. It is one of three subspecies of the species Pituophis melanoleucus.
Pituophis melanoleucus mugitus. Barbour, 1921. Pituophis melanoleucus mugitus, commonly known as the Florida pinesnake or Florida pine snake, is a subspecies of nonvenomous snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to the Coastal Plain of the southeastern United States. It is one of three subspecies of the species Pituophis ...
Barbour, 1921. Synonyms. Florida Pine Snake. Florida Pinesnake. Pituophis melanoleucus mugitus, commonly known as the Florida Pinesnake or Florida Pine Snake, is a species of nonvenomous snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to the Coastal Plain of the southeastern United States. It is one of three subspecies of the species ...
Pituophis catenifer affinis. — Collins, 1997[4] Pituophis catenifer affinis, commonly known as the Sonoran gopher snake, is a nonvenomous subspecies of colubrid snake that is endemic to the southwestern United States. It is one of six recognized subspecies of the gopher snake, Pituophis catenifer. [5]
Coluber catenifer — Boulenger, 1894. Pituophis catenifer. — Stejneger & Barbour, 1917[2][3][4] Common names: Pacific gopher snake, coast gopher snake, western gopher snake [5] (more here). Pituophis catenifer is a species of non-venomous colubrid snake endemic to North America. Nine subspecies are currently recognized, including the ...