Pituophis

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Pituophis

San Diego Gopher Snake
Pithuophis melanoleucus annectens

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Pituophis Holbrook, 1842

Pituophis is a genus of non-venomous colubrid snakes commonly referred to as gopher snakes, pine snakes, and bull snakes. Species within the genus are found throughout the United States and Mexico.

[edit] Species

Gopher Snake, Pituophis catenifer
- Sonoran Gopher Snake, Pituophis catenifer affinis (Hallowell, 1852)
- San Diego Gopher Snake, Pituophis catenifer annectens (Baird & Girard, 1853)
- Central Baja California Gopher Snake, Pituophis catenifer bimaris (Klauber, 1946)
- Pacific Gophersnake, Pituophis catenifer catenifer (Blainville, 1835)
- Coronado Island Gopher Snake, Pituophis catenifer coronalis (Klauber, 1946)
- Great Basin Gopher Snake, Pituophis catenifer deserticola (Stejneger, 1893)
- San Martin Island Gopher Snake, Pituophis catenifer fulginatus (Klauber, 1946)
- Credos Island Gopher Snake, Pituophis catenifer insulanus (Klauber, 1946)
- Santa Cruz Gopher Snake, Pituophis catenifer pumilis (Klauber, 1946)
- Bull Snake, Pituophis catenifer sayi (Schlegel, 1837)
- Cape Gopher Snake, Pituophis catenifer vertebralis (Blainville, 1835)
Mexican Pine Snake, Pituophis deppei
- Mexican Pine Snake, Pituophis deppei deppei (Duméril, 1853)
- Northern Mexican Pine Snake, Pituophis deppei jani (Cope, 1861)
Middle American Gopher Snake, Pituophis lineaticollis
- Pituophis lineaticollis gibsoni (Stuart, 1954)
- Pituophis lineaticollis lineaticollis (Cope, 1861)
Pine Snake, Pituophis melanoleucus
- Black Pine Snake, Pituophis melanoleucus lodingi (Blanchard, 1924)
- Northern Pine Snake, Pituophis melanoleucus melanoleucus (Daudin, 1803)
- Florida Pine Snake, Pituophis melanoleucus mugitus (Barbour, 1921)
Louisiana Pine Snake, Pituophis ruthveni (Stull, 1929)