Photo of a Pine Snake (Pituophis melanoleucus)
Photo: Nicholas Sly, CC BY-NC, via iNaturalist

Pine Snake

Pituophis melanoleucus

Venom
Not venomous
Constrictor
Constrictor
Type
Colubrid
Family
Colubridae
Genus
Pituophis
Continents
North America
Countries
2
How common
Recorded in 34 places on iNaturalist

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About

Pine Snake (Pituophis melanoleucus) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Mexico, United States. It lives in habitats such as temperate deciduous forest, temperate mixed forest, subtropical forest, broadleaf forest and 11 more. Recorded in 34 places on iNaturalist.

Where it lives

Native range

Habitats

Estimated from where this snake is recorded and what kind of snake it is - not a confirmed habitat survey.

Related snakes

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