Pituophis lineaticollis

Pituophis lineaticollis
	Illustration from Günther, 1885
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific 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
	Arizona lineaticollis ; Cope, 1861; Pituophis deppi pholidostictus ; Jan, 1863; Pituophis lineaticollis ; — Günther, 1885; Coluber lineaticollis ; — Boulenger, 1894; Pituophis deppei brevilineata ; Schmidt & Shannon, 1947; Pituophis deppei gibsoni ; Stuart, 1954; Pituophis lineaticollis ; — J. Peters & Orejas-Miranda, 1970;

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[edit]

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

Habitat[edit]

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

Description[edit]

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[edit]

P. lineaticollis is oviparous.^[2]

Subspecies[edit]

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

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

Etymology[edit]

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

References[edit]

^ ^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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Pituophis lineaticollis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 2020-06-06.
^ 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[edit]

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).

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[iucn_status_20_November_2021-1] 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.

[RDB-2] 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).

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