Pituophis melanoleucus

Pituophis melanoleucus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Pituophis
Species: Pituophis melanoleucus
Subspecies (3): P. m. lodingi – P. m. melanoleucus – P. m. mugitus

Name

Pituophis melanoleucus (Daudin, 1803)

• Type material: not designated.
• Type locality: “Floride” and “Pensilvanie, Caroline méridionale et de la Floríde, Amérique septentrionale”, restricted to “Carolina” by Barbour (1921: 117), further restricted to “Charleston, South Carolina” by Schmidt (1953: 201).

Combinations

• Coluber melanoleucus Daudin, 1803: 188 [original combination]
• Pituophis melanoleucus — Holbrook, 1842: 7 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Churchilla bellona Baird & Girard, 1852: 70
  • Holotype: USNM 1519, collected by Gen. Churchill in 1846.
  • Type locality: “along the Rio Grande”.

References

Primary references

• Daudin, F.M. 1803. Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière, des reptiles : ouvrage faisant suite à l'Histoire naturelle générale et particulière, composée par Leclerc de Buffon, et rédigée par C.S. Sonnini. Tome Sixième. L'Imprimerie de F. Dufart: Paris. 447 pp. + plates LXXI–LXXX. BHL Reference page. 
• Holbrook, J.E. 1842. North American Herpetology; or, A description of the reptiles inhabiting the United States. 2nd. edition. J. Dobson: Philadelphia. Volume I: xv + 152 pp., XXIV pls. BHL; Volume II: vi + 142 pp., XX pls. BHL; Volume III: ii + 128 pp., XXX pls. BHL; Volume IV: vi + 138 pp., XXXV pls. BHL; Volume V: vi + 118 pp., XXXVIII pls. BHL Reference page. 
• Baird, S.F. & Girard, C. 1852. Characteristics of some new reptiles in the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution. First Part. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 6: 68–70. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Rodríguez-Robles, J.A. & Jesús-Escobar, J.M. de 2000. Molecular systematics of New World gopher, bull, and pinesnakes (Pituophis: Colubridae), a transcontinental species complex. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 14(1): 35–50. DOI: 10.1006/mpev.1999.0698 Reference page. 
• Grismer, L.L. 2001. Comments on the taxonomy of Gopher Snakes from Baja California, México: a reply to Rodríguez-Robles and de Jesús-Escobar. Herpetological Review 32(2): 81–83. Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Pituophis melanoleucus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 21 June 2023.
• Hammerson, G.A. 2007. IUCN: Pituophis melanoleucus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T63873A12723588. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63873A12723588.en. Accessed on 21 June 2023.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Kiefernnatter
English: Eastern Pine Snake
Türkçe: Öküz yılanı

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