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The pine snake, Pituophis melanoleucus, gets its Latin name from "melano" meaning black and "leucos" which means white. This is in reference to its black and white body. Three subspecies of Pituophis melanoleucus are currently recognized: Nominate subspecies P. m. melanoleucus (Daudin, 1803), the northern pine snake; P. m. lodingi (Blanchard ...
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.
Northern pine snake: Pituophis melanoleucus melanoleucus: Non-venomous Northern redbelly snake: Storeria occipitomaculata occipitomaculata: Non-venomous Prairie kingsnake: Lampropeltis calligaster: Non-venomous Queensnake: Regina septemvittata: Non-venomous Ringneck snake: Diadophis punctatus: Non-venomous Rough green snake: Opheodrys aestivus ...
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 relies strongly on Baird's pocket gophers for ...
Merrem, 1820. Diadophis punctatus edwardsii. — Dunn, 1920. Diadophis punctatus edwardsii, commonly known as the northern ringneck snake, is a subspecies of Diadophis punctatus, a snake in the family Colubridae. The subspecies is endemic to North America.
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 melanoleucus.
Pituophis catenifer. — Stejneger & Barbour, 1917[2][3][4] Common name: Pacific gopher snake, coast gopher snake, western gopher snake,[5] more. Pituophis catenifer is a species of nonvenomous colubrid snake endemic to North America. Nine subspecies are currently recognized, including the nominotypical subspecies, Pituophis catenifer catenifer ...
Pine snake may refer to: Pituophis melanoleucus, a nonvenomous colubrid found in North America. Lampropeltis g. getula, a.k.a. the eastern kingsnake, a nonvenomous colubrid found in the eastern United States. Pantherophis vulpinus, or the fox snakes, found in the open forests, prairies, and farmlands of western Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota ...