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Pituophis catenifer  (Blainville, 1835)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 209400

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Coluber catenifer Blainville, 1835
  
  Common Name(s): Gopher Snake [English]
  
    Bullsnake [English]
  
    Gophersnake [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassReptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles  
                         OrderSquamata Oppel, 1811 – Amphisbaenians, Lizards, Snakes, amphisbènes, lézards, serpents  
                            SuborderSerpentes Linnaeus, 1758 – Snakes, cobra, serpente, serpents  
                               InfraorderAlethinophidia Nopcsa, 1923  
                                  FamilyColubridae Oppel, 1811 – Colubrids, Typical Snakes  
                                     SubfamilyColubrinae Oppel, 1811  
                                        GenusPituophis Holbrook, 1842 – Bullsnakes, Gopher Snakes, Pine Snakes, Pinesnakes, Gophersnakes  
                                           SpeciesPituophis catenifer (Blainville, 1835) – Gopher Snake, Bullsnake, Gophersnake  
    Direct Children:  
                                              SubspeciesPituophis catenifer affinis Hallowell, 1852 – Sonoran Gopher Snake, Sonoran Gophersnake 
                                              SubspeciesPituophis catenifer annectens Baird and Girard, 1853 – San Diego Gopher Snake, San Diego Gophersnake 
                                              SubspeciesPituophis catenifer catenifer (Blainville, 1835) – Pacific Gopher Snake, Pacific Gophersnake 
                                              SubspeciesPituophis catenifer deserticola Stejneger, 1893 – Great Basin Gopher Snake, Great Basin Gophersnake 
                                              SubspeciesPituophis catenifer fulginatus Klauber, 1946  
                                              SubspeciesPituophis catenifer insulanus Klauber, 1946  
                                              SubspeciesPituophis catenifer pumilis Klauber, 1946 – Santa Cruz Gopher Snake, Santa Cruz Island Gophersnake 
                                              SubspeciesPituophis catenifer sayi (Schlegel, 1837) – Bullsnake 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Peter Uetz   
  Notes: Associate Professor, CSBC   
  Reference for: Pituophis catenifer    
       
  Expert: Roy W. McDiarmid   
  Notes: U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center   
  Reference for: Pituophis catenifer    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Pituophis catenifer   
       
  Source: Reptile Database (2017), website (version 24-Dec-16)  
  Acquired: 2017   
  Notes: Uetz, P. & Jirí Hosek (eds.), The Reptile Database, (http://www.reptile-database.org)   
  Reference for: Pituophis catenifer, Gopher Snake [English]   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Collins, J. T.   
  Publication Date: 1990   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Standard Common and Current Scientific Names for North American Amphibians and Reptiles, Third Edition   
  Page(s): ii + 41   
  Publisher: Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles   
  Publication Place: St. Louis, Missouri, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-916984-21-4   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Pituophis catenifer   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Crother, Brian I., Ronald M. Bonett, Jeff Boundy, Frank T. Burbrink, et al. / Moriarty, John J., ed.   
  Publication Date: 2017   
  Article/Chapter Title: Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico, with Comments Regarding Confidence in Our Understanding, Eighth Ed.   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Herpetological Circular, no. 43   
  Page(s): 102   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 978-1-946681-003   
  Notes: Available free as PDF, and as updated database, at https://ssarherps.org/publications/north-american-checklist/   
  Reference for: Gophersnake[English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: North America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Canada, Native  
    Continental US, Native  
 

 

    

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