Pine Snake

Common Name: Pine Snake

Scientific Name: Pituophis melanoleucus

Pine snakes Introduction

pine snakes are a harmless colubrid species found in the United States. Six subspecies are currently recognized, including the nominate subspecies:

• Black Pine Snake
• Bullsnake
• Florida Pine Snake
• Louisiana Pine Snake
• Mexican Pine Snake
• Northern Mexican Pine Snake
• Northern Pine Snake

Adults are average, growing between 48 and 100 inches (122-254 cm) in length. Pine snakes are strong powerful snakes. The head is small and somewhat pointed with an enlarged scale that extends upward between the inter-nasal scales. There are usually 4 pre-frontal scales. At mid-body there are 27-37 rows of keeled dorsal scales. The anal plate is single, the color pattern consists of a light ground color overlaid with black, brown or reddish-brown blotches.

Pine Snakes are commonly found in the United States:

Washington, Oregon, Montana, Wyoming, California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, southwestern North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Texas, Minnesota, Iowa, Arkansas, Louisiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida and New Jersey. It also occurs in southwestern Canada and in Mexico.

Pine snakes prefer pine flat woods, sandy pine-oak woodlands, prairies, cultivated fields, open brush land, rocky desert and chaparral that occurs from sea level to an elevation of 9,000 feet.

SnakeEstate.com has done its best to categorize & describe each pine snake subspecies.

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