Black Pine Snake
(Pituophis melanoleucus lodingi)
Blanchard, 1924
Genus
Pituophis
Species
melanoleucus
Subspecies
lodingi
Common Name
Black Pine Snake
Other Names
Black Bull Snake
Conservation
Status
Global: t1
Alabama: S2
(What does this mean?)
Alabama Highest Conservation Concern: P1
Taxa critically imperiled and at risk of extinction/extirpation because of extreme rarity, restricted distribution, decreasing population trend/population viability problems, and specialized habitat needs/habitat vulnerability due to natural/human-caused factors. Immediate research and/or conservation action required
Taxon
Pituophis melanoleucus lodingi — GUYER et al. 2018
The subspecific name lodingi is in honor of Danish-born amateur herpetologist Peder Henry Löding (1869-1942), who lived in Alabama.
Pituophis melanoleucus — HOLBROOK 1842: 7
Churchillia bellona BAIRD & GIRARD 1852: 70
Pituophis bellona — BAIRD & GIRARD 1852: 351
Pituophis melanoleucus — BAIRD & GIRARD 1853: 65
Rhinechis melanoleucus — DUMÉRIL 1853: 453
Pituophis melanoleucus — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1854: 233
Pityophis melanoleucus — GARMAN 1884: 51
Pityophis catenifer var. bellona — GARMAN 1884: 53
Pityophis melanoleucus — SCLATER 1891: 30
Coluber melanoleucus — BOULENGER 1894: 68
Pituophis melanoleucus — SMITH & SMITH 1976
Pituophis melanoleucus — STEBBINS 1985: 189
Pituophis melanoleucus — CONANT & COLLINS 1991: 202
Pituophis melanoleuca — BLUME 1999
Pituophis melanoleucus — BURBRINK 2007
Pituophis melanoleucus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 559
Pituophis melanoleucus lodingi BLANCHARD 1924
Pituophis lödingi BLANCHARD 1924
Pituophis melanoleucus loedingi — KLUGE 1984
Pituophis melanoleucus lodingi — CROTHER 2000
Pituophis melanoleucus lodingi — TENNANT & BARTLETT 2000: 364
Pituophis melanoleucus lodingi — BAXLEY et al. 2011
Pituophis melanoleucus lodingi — SCHÄBERLE 2012 Pituophis melanoleucus lodingi — GUYER et al. 2018
Description:
Description
Scale distinction: Keeled dorsal scales in 27-31 generally 29 rows (midbody). Lower 5 rows on each side are smooth. An undivided anal plate
Shown in yellow. The scale or scales directly covering the…. Split subcaudal scalesAs shown in green. Amphiesma stolata paired subcaudal scales…. Rostral scale enlarged, curving backward and ending in a point between and behind nostrils
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