Pituophis melanoleucus melanoleucus
Updated: Apr 24, 2024



Pituophis melanoleucus melanoleucus NORTHERN PINE SNAKE 1.0 adultDigital Image taken by Patrick Houston Briggs Courtesy Rick Lewis



RANGE MAP FOR SNAKES OF THE GENUS PITUOPHIS by Patrick Houston Briggs
Distribution:Pituophis melanoleucus melanoleucus: S North Carolina west through South Carolina to northern Georgia, E Tennessee, SE Kentucky, south into Alabama. Disjunct populations in S New Jersey, WC Virginia, adjacent West Virginia, C Kentuca.ky, SW Tennessee. Intergrades with mugitus in South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama.Type locality: “la Caroline méridionale et de la Floríde.” Restricted to Carolina by Barbour, 1921b: 117. Further restricted to Charleston, South Carolina, USA
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hghjim/5681490499/in/photostream/ Kentucky Northern Pine snake video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31MAYJt6wDo Jersey Northern pine snake: http://www.flickr.com/photos/hghjim/2044756795/ GREAT INFORMATION BELOW ON Pituophis melanoleucus melanoleucushttp://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/ensp/pdf/pine_snake_assessment09.pdf http://www.flickr.com/photos/hghjim/2347064804/in/set-72157603233540189 Male Northern pine snakes battle for dominance: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lvulgaris/3494355093/in/photostream/ Albino Northern pine snake: http://www.flickr.com/photos/hghjim/2678720614/in/set- Adult albino Northern pine snake: http://www.flickr.com/photos/hghjim/8513564473/in/set-72157603233540189 Red Morph- Northern pine snake: http://www.flickr.com/photos/hghjim/2045549544/in/set-72157603233540189 “Paradox” Northern pine snake: http://www.flickr.com/photos/hghjim/2044764487/in/set-72157603233540189 Click this to see a beautiful but strange mutation patternless morph of the Northern pine snake: http://www.flickr.com/photos/hghjim/8504367678/in/set-72157603233540189 New Jersy pine snakes: http://www.flickr.com/photos/michiganherper/7391281444/ GREAT INFORMATION ON NORTHERN PINE SNAKE NESTINGNesting info on the Jersey pine snake: http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/1564642?uid=3739560&uid=2134&uid=2&uid=70&uid=4&uid=3739256&sid=21102046130751 New Jersey pine snake conservation: http://endangerednj.blogspot.com/2009/12/continued-pine-snake-protection.html Northern pine snake info: http://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/ensp/somsept.htm Northern pine snake with her eggs: http://www.flickr.com/photos/hghjim/5681490499/in/photostream/ Rusty morph Northern pine snake: http://www.flickr.com/photos/hghjim/8503260231/sizes/l/in/set-72157603233540189 Snakes (herpsofnc.org)
lNorthern pine snake info: http://www.marylandzoo.org/animals-
conservation/reptiles/northern-pine-snake/
Northern pine snake beauty: http://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=1985433,1985433 Wild New Jersy pine snake female found by Michigan herpers: http://herpingmichigan.blogspot.com/2012/06/trail-continues.htm Effects of egg incubation temps on newborn pine snakes: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2FBF00295199#page-1 Rick Lewis, top Pituophis breeder for Central California with a Northern Pine Snake.Pituophis melanoleucus melanoleucusDigital Image by Patrick Houston Briggs
Pituophis melanoleucus melanoleucus NORTHERN PINE SNAKE 1.0 adult patternlessDigital Image taken by Patrick Houston Briggs Courtesy Rick Lewis
Pituophis melanoleucus melanoleucus NORTHERN PINE SNAKE 1.0 adultDigital Image taken by Patrick Houston Briggs Courtesy Rick Lewis Pituophis melanoleucus melanoleucus NORTHERN PINE SNAKE 1.0 adultDigital Image taken by Patrick Houston Briggs Courtesy Rick Lewis
Pituophis melanoleucus melanoleucus NORTHERN PINE SNAKE 1.0 adult albinoDigital Image taken by Patrick Houston Briggs Courtesy Lloyd Lemke
Pituophis melanoleucus melanoleucus NORTHERN PINE SNAKEAiken County South CarolinaPhotograph taken by Gerry Salmon
Pituophis melanoleucus melanoleucus NORTHERN PINE SNAKE neonateImage by Patrick H. Briggs
Pituophis melanoleucus melanoleucus NORTHERN PINE SNAKE neonateBy Patrick H. Briggs
Pituophis melanoleucus melanoleucus NORTHERN PINE SNAKE 1.0 adult patternlessDigital Image taken by Patrick Houston Briggs Courtesy Rick Lewis
Pituophis melanoleucus melanoleucus NORTHERN PINE SNAKE 1.0 adult patternlessClose up left side head Digital Image taken by Patrick Houston Briggs Courtesy Rick Lewis
Pituophis melanoleucus melanoleucus NORTHERN PINE SNAKE 1.0 adult patternlessDigital Image taken by Patrick Houston Briggs Courtesy Rick Lewis
Pituophis melanoleucus melanoleucus NORTHERN PINE SNAKE 1.0 adult patternlessDigital Image taken by Patrick Houston Briggs Courtesy Rick Lewis
Scutelation:
Mid-body Scales 27-31 Supralabials 7-9Ventrals 205-249 Infralabials 10-13Caudals 52-66Postoculars 2-4Anal Single (Entire) Preoculars 1-2Prefrontals 4 Pituophis melanoleucus melanoleucus NORTHERN PINE SNAKE 1.0 adultDigital Image taken by Patrick Houston Briggs Courtesy Lloyd and Sunnie Lemke Pituophis melanoleucus melanoleucus NORTHERN PINE SNAKE 1.0 adult patternlessDigital Image taken by Patrick Houston Briggs Courtesy Rick Lewis

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