Pituophis ruthveni

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Pituophis ruthveni Stull, 1929

Pituophis melanoleucus ruthveni Stull, 1929: 1 [original combination, as subspecies]
Pituophis catenifer ruthveni — Fugler, 1955: 24 [subsequent combination]
Pituophis ruthveni — Conant, 1956: 28 [subsequent combination, elevate to species]

Stull, O.G. 1929. The description of a new subspecies of Pituophis melanoleucus from Louisiana. Occasional papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 205: 1–3. hdl: 2027.42/56644 Reference page.
Fugler, C.M. 1955. New locality records for the Louisiana pine snake, Pituophis catenifer ruthveni Stull. Herpetologica 11(1): 24. JSTOR Reference page.
Conant, R. 1956. A review of two rare pine snakes from the Gulf Coastal Plain. American Museum Novitates 1781: 1–31. hdl: 2246/5240 Reference page.

Stull, O.G. 1940. Variations and relationships in the snakes of the genus Pituophis. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 175: 1–225. BHL
Thomas, R.A., Davis, B.J. & Culbertson, M.R. 1976. Notes on variation and range of the Louisiana pine snake, Pituophis melanoleucus ruthveni Stull (Reptilia, Serpentes, Colubridae). Journal of Herpetology 10(3): 252–254. DOI: 10.2307/1562989
Collins, J.T. 1991. Viewpoint: a new taxonomic arrangement for some North American amphibians and reptiles. Herpetological Review 22: 42–43. Reference page.
Conant, R. & Collins, J.T. 1991. A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern/Central North America. 3rd ed. Houghton Mifflin: Boston/New York. xx + 450 p.
Reichling, S.B. 1995. The taxonomic status of the Louisiana Pine Snake (Pituophis melanoleucus ruthveni) and its relevance to the evolutionary species concept. Journal of Herpetology 29(2): 186–198. DOI: 10.2307/1564556 Reference page.
Rodríguez-Robles, J.A. & Jesús-Escobar, J.M. de 2000. Molecular systematics of New World gopher, bull, and pinesnakes (Pituophis: Colubridae), a transcontinental species complex. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 14(1): 35–50. DOI: 10.1006/mpev.1999.0698 Reference page.
Rudolph, D.C., Burgdorf, S.J., Schaefer, R.R., Conner, R.N. & Maxey, R.W. 2006. Status of Pituophis ruthveni (Louisiana pine snake). Southeastern Naturalist 5(3): 463–472. JSTOR

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Pituophis ruthveni. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 20 June 2023.
Hammerson, G.A. 2007. IUCN: Pituophis ruthveni (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T63874A12723685. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63874A12723685.en. Accessed on 21 June 2023.

English: Louisiana Pine Snake