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Pituophis (gopher snake)

Reptilia - Colubridae

Taxonomy
Pituophis was named by Holbrook (1842). It is extant.

It was assigned to Colubridae by Cope (1875) and Behler and King (1979); and to Colubrinae by Parmley and Holman (1995), Uetz (2005) and Parmley and Hunter (2010).

Species
P. melanoleucus
Species lacking formal opinion data
P. catenifer

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Pituophis Holbrook
1875Pityophis Cope p. 39
1979Pituophis Behler and King
1995Pituophis Parmley and Holman p. 84
2005Pituophis Uetz
2010Pituophis Parmley and Hunter p. 531

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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

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.

G. Pituophis Holbrook 1842 [gopher snake]
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Pituophis melanoleucus Daudin 1803 [pine snake]
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Behler and King 1979

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Hemphillian to the top of the Holocene or 10.30000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 9.4 Ma

Collections (38 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Nebraska) Pituophis sp. (18327)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Arizona) Pituophis melanoleucus (19610)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Nebraska) Pituophis melanoleucus (18126 18247 18359)
Late/Upper Hemphillian - Blancan10.3 - 1.8USA (Tennessee) Pituophis sp. (26574)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Kansas) Pituophis catenifer (19931 19940)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Washington) Pituophis catenifer (20062)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Nebraska) Pituophis catenifer (19960)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8Mexico (Baja California Sur) Pituophis sp. (19673)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (Kansas) Pituophis catenifer (19927)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Illinois) Pituophis sp. (180342)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Arkansas) Pituophis sp., Pituophis melanoleucus (20290)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Oklahoma) Pituophis catenifer (20309) 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 (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Kansas) Pituophis catenifer (20605)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Tennessee) Pituophis sp. (63424 63425)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Pituophis sp. (76060)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Pituophis melanoleucus (76101)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Nevada) Pituophis catenifer (99602)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Pituophis catenifer (93141)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Pituophis melanoleucas (20604)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Pituophis melanoleucas (154936 155347)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0USA (Arizona) Pituophis melanoleucus (93374)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Tennessee) Pituophis sp. (63429)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Tennessee) Pituophis sp. (63428)