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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.
Corn snake: Pantherophis guttatus: Colubridae: Apparently secure (S4) Northern pine snake: Pituophis melanoleucus melanoleucus: Colubridae: Possibly extirpated: Queen snake: Regina septemvittata: Colubridae: Secure (S5) DeKay's brown snake: Storeria dekayi: Colubridae: Secure (S5) Red-bellied snake: Storeria occipitomaculata: Colubridae: Secure ...
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 ...
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.
The Memphis Zoo’s first pine snake of the season hatched in July from 114 eggs laid, which marked the most in a single season at the zoo, McClatchy News reported. Not all of them ended up hatching.
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Pituophis deppei deppei (A.M.C. Duméril, 1853) – southern Mexican pine snake; Pituophis deppei jani (Cope, 1861) – northern Mexican pine snake; Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Pituophis.