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. Split subcaudal scales. Rostral scale enlarged, curving backward and ending in a point between and behind nostrils
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