Pituophis

Lot of other fun and neat stuff over the weekend, but the Pituophis was the high point.

grouse Diary Entry grouse 2001

A Louisiana pine snake Pituophis ruthveni in pine straw.

snake trapping in Angelina NF WENDEE HOLTCAMP 2008

Bullsnake (Pituophis melanoleucus sayi), United States.

Central forest-grasslands transition 2008

A Louisiana pine snake Pituophis ruthveni in pine straw.

Archive 2008-09-01 WENDEE HOLTCAMP 2008

(The Pituophis lives on the top of the mountains in the background, mid-frame.)

grouse Diary Entry grouse 2002

Turned out it was a bullsnake, Pituophis catenifer sayi.

grouse Diary Entry grouse 2001

After checking elk hunters near where the Pituophis lives, the heeler sisters and I stopped along the divide to glass the hillsides to the south.

grouse Diary Entry grouse 2001

Snake, Northern Pine Pituophis melanoleucus melanoleucus 292

The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States Janine M. Benyus 1989

Snake, Florida Pine Pituophis melanoleucus mugitus 292

The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States Janine M. Benyus 1989

Snake, Northern Pine Pituophis melanoleucus melanoleucus 292

The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States Janine M. Benyus 1989