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
Shown in yellow. The scale or scales directly covering the… More. Split subcaudal scalesAs shown in green. Amphiesma stolata paired subcaudal scales… More. Rostral scale enlarged, curving backward and ending in a point between and behind nostrils
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