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This list of snakes of Florida includes all snakes in the U.S. state of Florida. Non-venomous ... List of fishes of Florida; List of invasive species in Florida;
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.
Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan (327): 1–9 + one plate. Schmidt KP, Davis DD (1941). Field Book of Snakes of the United States and Canada. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 365 pp. (Natrix cyclopion floridana, pp. 216–217). Wright AH, Wright AA (1957). Handbook of Snakes of the United States and Canada. Ithaca ...
What Snake Is That? A Field Guide to the Snakes of the United States East of the Rocky Mountains. (With 108 drawings by Edmond Malnate). New York and London: D. Appleton-Century Company. Frontispiece map + 163 pp. + Plates A-C, 1-32. (Pituophis melanoleucus, pp. 66–68 + Plate 10, figure 29; Plate 11, figure 30). Daudin FM (1803).
The threatened creatures are a keystone species in north Florida, wildlife experts said. 41 ‘apex predators’ — that eat venomous snakes — released in north Florida. Here’s why.
N. cyclopion differs from most other species of North American water snakes by having one or more small scales under the eye, giving the appearance of a ring of small plates around the eye, a character shared with the species N. floridana. [8] A heavy-bodied snake, N. cyclopion is dark green, olive, or brown dorsally. Ventrally, it is yellowish ...
The snakes, which are an invasive species, were rounded up in a 10-day competition involving 850 participants from 33 states and ... Kiger caught 20 of the snakes, earning him $10,000. (Florida FWC)
The Florida water snake differs from the southern water snake (N. f. fasciata) chiefly in the shape of the markings on the ventrals. In N. f.pictiventris , these markings consist of transverse blotches, many of them enclosing an oval white spot, whereas in N. f. fasciata , they are solid, squarish spots.