Pituophis catenifer

Pacific gopher snake
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Pituophis
Species:
P. catenifer
Binomial name
Pituophis catenifer
(Blainville, 1835)
Synonyms
Common name: Pacific gopher snake, coast gopher snake, western gopher snake,[5] more.

Pituophis catenifer is a species of nonvenomous colubrid snake endemic to North America. Nine subspecies are currently recognized, including the nominotypical subspecies, Pituophis catenifer catenifer, described here.[6] This snake is often mistaken for the prairie rattlesnake, but can be easily distinguished from a rattlesnake by the lack of black and white banding on its tail and by the shape of its head, which is narrower than a rattlesnake's.

  1. ^ Hammerson, G.A. (2007). "Pituophis catenifer". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T63869A12723241. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63869A12723241.en. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Blgr1894 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Stejneger L, Barbour T. 1917. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. Harvard University Press. Cambridge Massachusetts. 125 pp. (Pituophis catenifer, pp. 85-86.)
  4. ^ The Reptiles Database, www.reptile-database.org.: Pituophis catenifer (BLAINVILLE, 1835) (accessed May 17, 2022)
  5. ^ Wright AH, Wright AA. 1957. Handbook of Snakes of the United States and Canada. 2 volumes. Comstock Publishing Associates. (7th printing, 1985). 1,105 pp. ISBN 0-8014-0463-0. (Pituophis catenifer, pp. 588-609, Figures 171.-175., Map 46.)
  6. ^ "Pituophis catenifer". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 4 February 2009.