Pituophis melanoleucus melanoleucus

Pituophis melanoleucus melanoleucus

Updated: Apr 24, 2024

NORTHERN PINE SNAKEImage by Patrick H. Briggs Courtesy Lloyd and Sunnie Lemke Northern Pine Snakeby Patrick BriggsThe Northern Pine Snake Pituophis melanoleucus melanoleucus is a light colored snake with dark or bold pattern markings and blotches. Infact, its scientific name is from the Greek melano which means dark or black, and the Greek leucus meaning white or light; therefore, a light against dark pine snake. It may have light ground colors such as gray, cream, tan, yellow, or white against reddish-brown, brown, or black blotching and markings. The dorsal blotches numbers 29 or less and no stripe extends backward from the rear of the eye. This is a snake with a pointed snout that grows to be a robust and powerful constrictor able to exceed 7 feet in length. Pituophis melanoleucus melanoleucus NORTHERN PINE SNAKE 0.1 adultDigital Image taken by Patrick Houston Briggs Courtesy Rick Lewis Pituophis melanoleucus melanoleucus NORTHERN PINE SNAKE 0.1 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 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 

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