Northern Pine Snake
(Pituophis melanoleucus melanoleucus)
Daudin, 1803
Genus
Pituophis
Species
melanoleucus
Subspecies
melanoleucus
Common Name
Northern Pine Snake
Other Names
Bull Snake, Common Pine Snake
Conservation
Status
Global: T4
Alabama: S3
(What does this mean?)
Alabama High Conservation Concern: P2
Taxa imperiled because of three of four of the following rarity; very limited, disjunct, or peripheral distribution; decreasing population trend/population viability problems; specialized habitat needs/habitat vulnerability due to natural/human-caused factors. Timely research and/or conservation action needed.
Taxon
Pituophis melanoleucus melanoleucus — GUYER et al. 2018
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 melanoleucus (DAUDIN 1803)
Coluber melanoleucus DAUDIN 1803: 188
Pituophis melanoleucus melanoleucus — TENNANT & BARTLETT 2000: 360
Pituophis melanoleucus melanoleucus — CROTHER 2000
Pituophis melanoleucus melanoleucus — 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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