Pituophis deppei
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Pituophis |
| Species: | P. deppei
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| Pituophis deppei (A.M.C. Duméril, 1853)
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Pituophis deppei, commonly known as the Mexican bullsnake and the Mexican pine snake, is a species of nonvenomous colubrid snake endemic to Mexico. There are two recognized subspecies.
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, deppei, is in honor of German artist Ferdinand Deppe, who collected natural history specimens in Mexico.[3]
The subspecific name, jani, is in honor of Italian herpetologist Giorgio Jan.[3]
Geographic range
[edit]P. deppei occurs in the Mexican states of Aguascalientes, Coahuila, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo León, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Sonora, and Tamaulipas.[2]
Habitat
[edit]The preferred natural habitats of P. deppei are forest, shrubland, and grassland, but it is also found in agricultural, suburban, and urban areas.[1]
Description
[edit]Dorsally, P. deppei is yellowish tan, with a series of large quadrangular blotches, which are dark brown to black. It has smaller dark spots on the sides. Ventrally, it is yellowish, with squarish brown spots. Adults may attain a total length of 1.69 m (5.5 ft), including a tail length of 18 cm (7.1 in).[4]
Reproduction
[edit]Subspecies
[edit]Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.
- Pituophis deppei deppei (A.M.C. Duméril, 1853) – southern Mexican pine snake
- Pituophis deppei jani (Cope, 1861) – northern Mexican pine snake
Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Pituophis.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Hammerson, G.A.; Vazquez Díaz, J.; Quintero Díaz, G.E.; Flores-Villela, O. (2007). "Pituophis deppei ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T63870A12723360. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63870A12723360.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ a b c Pituophis deppei at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 2020-06-06.
- ^ a b 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 deppei, p. 70; P. d. jani, p. 133).
- ^ 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 deppii [sic]", pp. 66–67).
Further reading
[edit]- Duellman WE (1960). "A Taxonomic Study of the Middle American Snake, Pituophis deppei ". University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History 10 (10): 599–610.
- Duméril [AMC] (1853). "Prodrome de la classification des reptiles ophidiens ". Mémoires de l'Académie des Sciences, Paris 23: 399–536. (Elaphis deppei, new species, p. 453). (in French).
- Duméril A-M-C, Bibron G, Dumeril A[-H-A] (1854). Erpétologie génerale ou histoire naturelle complète des reptiles. Tome septième [Volume 7]. Première partie. Comprenant l'Histoire des serpents non venimeux. Paris: Roret. xvi + 780 pp. (Elaphis deppei, p. 268). (in French).
- Heimes P (2016). Snakes of Mexico: Herpetofauna Mexicana Vol. I. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Chimaira. 572 pp. ISBN 978-3899731002.
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