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Pine Snake

Pituophis melanoleucus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 176, February 153, March 159, April 197, May 191, June 141, July 121, August 123, September 156, October 159, November 205, December 158.
United States6,025
California1,938
Texas756
New Mexico671
Nevada378
Arizona339
New Jersey233
Alabama161
Georgia137
Oklahoma130

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Traits

Behavioral

  • CarnivoreEats other animals or animal-derived prey as a major part of its diet.Inferred from its group

Group and habits

  • PredatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly hunt other animals.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassReptiles · Reptilia
OrderSnakes and Lizards · Squamata
FamilyColubrid Snakes · Colubridae
GenusPine, Gopher, and Bullsnakes · Pituophis

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