Pituophis catenifer

Pituophis catenifer

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Pituophis
Species: Pituophis catenifer
Subspecies: P. c. affinis – P. c. annectens – P. c. catenifer – P. c. coronalis – P. c. deserticola – P. c. fulginatus – P. c. pumilis – P. c. sayi

Name

Pituophis catenifer (Blainville, 1835)

• Holotype: MNHN 57, collected by P-E. Botta between March–October 1827.
• Type locality: “Californie [=California]”

Combinations

• Coluber catenifer Blainville, 1835: 290 [original combination]
• Pituophis catenifer — Baird & Girard, 1853 [subsequent combination]
• Pituophis melanoleucus catenifer — Behler & King, 1979 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Coluber sayi Schlegel, 1837
• Churchillia bellona Baird & Girard, 1852
• Pityophis affinis Hallowell, 1852
• Pituophis annectens Baird & Girard, 1853
• Pituophis mcclellanii Baird & Girard, 1853
• Pituophis wilkesii Baird & Girard, 1853
• Pityophis heermanni Hallowell, 1853
• Pituophis mexicanus Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854
• Pituophis catenifer deserticola Stejneger, 1893
• Pituophis catenifer rutilus Van Denburgh, 1920
• Pituophis catenifer stejnegeri Van Denburgh, 1920
• Pituophis catenifer coronalis Klauber, 1946
• Pituophis catenifer fuliginatus Klauber, 1946
• Pituophis catenifer pumilus Klauber, 1946

References

Primary references

• Blainville, H.M.D. de 1835. Description de quelques espèces de reptiles de la Californie précédée de l’analyse d’un système général d’herpétologie et d’amphbiologie. Nouvelles annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle 4: 233–296. BHL Reference page. 
• Baird, S.F. & Girard, C. 1853. Catalogue of North American Reptiles in the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution. Part 1.–Serpents. Smithsonian Institution: Washington. xvi + 172 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Hallowell, E. 1852. Descriptions of new species of reptiles inhabiting North America. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 6: 177–182.

Links

• Hammerson, G.A. 2007. IUCN: Pituophis catenifer  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T63869A12723241. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63869A12723241.en. Accessed on 11 November 2025.

Vernacular names

• English: Gopher Snake