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Pituophis lineaticollis

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Pituophis lineaticollis
Illustration from Günther, 1885
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Pituophis
Species:
P. lineaticollis
Binomial name
Pituophis lineaticollis
(Cope, 1861)
Synonyms[2]

Pituophis lineaticollis, commonly known as the Middle American gopher snake or the cincuate bull snake, is a species of nonvenomous snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to Guatemala and southeastern Mexico. There are two recognized subspecies.

Geographic range

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P. lineaticollis is found in Guatemala and in the Mexican states of Chiapas, Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico, Michoacán, Morelos, Oaxaca, and Querétaro.[2]

Habitat

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The preferred natural habitat of P. lineaticollis is forest, at altitudes of 800–2,500 m (2,600–8,200 ft).[1]

Description

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Pituophis lineaticollis in a Mexico City zoo

The longest specimen of P. lineaticollis measured by Boulenger in 1894 had a total length of 1.5 m (4.9 ft), which included a tail 23 cm (9.1 in) long.

Reproduction

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P. lineaticollis is oviparous.[2]

Subspecies

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Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.[2]

  • Pituophis lineaticollis gibsoni Stuart, 1954
  • Pituophis lineaticollis lineaticollis (Cope, 1861)

Etymology

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The subspecific name, gibsoni, is in honor of Colvin A. Gibson (born 1918), a physician who specialized in tropical medicine.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Acevedo, M.; Ponce-Campos, P.; Aguayo, A.G (2013). "Pituophis lineaticollis ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T63872A3130489. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T63872A3130489.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d Pituophis lineaticollis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 2020-06-06.
  3. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Pituophis lineaticollis gibsoni, p. 100).

Further reading

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  • Boulenger GA (1894). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xi + 382 pp. + Plates I–XX. (Coluber lineaticollis, pp. 64–65).
  • Cope ED (1861). "Contributions to the Ophiology of Lower California, Mexico and Central America". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia [13]: 292–306. (Arizona lineaticollis, new species, pp. 300–301).
  • Heimes P (2016). Snakes of Mexico: Herpetofauna Mexicana Vol. I. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Chimaira. 572 pp. ISBN 9783899731002.
  • Stuart LC (1954). "Descriptions of Some New Amphibians and Reptiles from Guatemala". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 67: 159–178. (Pituophis deppei gibsoni, new subspecies, pp. 172–174).