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Pituophis melanoleucus (pine snake)

Reptilia - Colubridae

Taxonomy
Coluber melanoleucus was named by Daudin (1803). It is extant.

It was recombined as Pituophis melanoleucus by Parmley and Holman (1995).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. catenifer

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1803Coluber melanoleucus Daudin
1875Pityophis melanoleucus Cope p. 39
1995Pituophis melanoleucus Parmley and Holman p. 84

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
suborderOphidia(Latreille 1804)
—Serpentes(Linnaeus 1758)
familyColubridae
subfamilyColubrinae
genusPituophisHolbrook 1842
speciesmelanoleucus(Daudin 1803)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Pituophis melanoleucus Daudin 1803 [pine snake]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingg
Diet: carnivoreg
Created: 2005-09-06 16:01:24
Modified: 2005-09-06 18:01:24
Source: g = genus, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Behler and King 1979, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Hemphillian to the top of the Rancholabrean or 10.30000 to 0.01200 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Arizona) Pituophis melanoleucus (19610)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Nebraska) Pituophis melanoleucus (18126 18247 18359)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Arkansas) Pituophis melanoleucus (20290)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Oklahoma) Pituophis melanoleucus (20157)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Kansas) Pituophis melanoleucus (20390 20422 20423)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Pituophis melanoleucus (20639)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Colorado) Pituophis melanoleucus (20358 20365)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Florida) Pituophis melanoleucus (20491)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Pituophis melanoleucus (79632)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Pituophis melanoleucus (20650)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Pituophis melanoleucus (76101)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0USA (Arizona) Pituophis melanoleucus (93374)