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Scientific Name

Pituophis catenifer

Scientific Name w/ Auth.

Pituophis catenifer (Blainville, 1835)

Park

Death Valley National Park (DEVA)

Sensitive

No

Park Accepted

Accepted

Record Status

Approved

Park Preferred Common Names

Gopher Snake

Park Synonyms

Pituophis catenifer catenifer, Pituophis melanoleucus, Pituophis catenifer sayi, Pituophis melanoleucus annectens, Pituophis melanoleucus deserticola, Pituophis catenifer deserticola

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom	Animalia
Subkingdom	Bilateria
Infrakingdom	Deuterostomia
Phylum	Chordata
Subphylum	Vertebrata
Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
Superclass	Tetrapoda
Class	Reptilia
Order	Squamata
Suborder	Serpentes
Infraorder	Alethinophidia
Family	Colubridae
Subfamily	Colubrinae
Genus	Pituophis
Species	Pituophis catenifer

Occurrence

Present

Nativeness

Native

Abundance

Common

Abundance Notes

Found from alluvial fans, up into the pinyon-juniper zone (Turner and Wauer 1963).

Seasonality Tags

Resident

Threatened Endangered Status

State Species of Concern statuses

Ozone Sensitive Status

NatureServe GRank

NatureServe SRank

Observations

5

References

27

Vouchers

19

External Links

0

Evidence counts shown include evidence for related synonyms.

Created By

Jeff Prouse; TBP (USGS-CPFS)

Created Date

2/7/2003 12:00:00 AM

Last Modified By

aloar@nps.gov

Last Modified Date

5/23/2014 12:27:03 PM

Notes

Park Species Data Source: Death Valley Museum Collections; Turner and Wauer (1963); Banta (1962); 2002 reptile inventory (I&M program); Persons & Nowak 2006 (654476): Title from DVD: FinalReport_DEVA_AmphibRept_May2006.doc. Local List Details: Crother, B. I. (ed.). 2008. Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico, pp. 1–84. SSAR Herpetological Circular 37. Online at http://www.ssarherps.org/pages/comm_names/Index.php (last accessed December 10, 2013). Exploitation Concern Details: Not likely to be collected for the pet trade.

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