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</table>Froggiehttps://scioly.org/wiki/index.php?title=Herpetology/Snakes&diff=101763&oldid=prevFroggie: /* Genus Pituophis (pine, bull and gopher snakes) */2020-06-29T00:26:31Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Genus Pituophis (pine, bull and gopher snakes)</span></span></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>DESCR='''Pine snakes''' are large, from 91 to 254 cm in length and up to 5 cm in diameter. Hatchlings are from 30-58 cm in length. They are the second-largest snakes in northeastern North America. Pine snakes have a cartilaginous keel in front of the glottis which helps amplify hissing sounds to make them sound more like rattlesnakes. They have a pointed snout and the head looks like a turtle's. The scales are keeled in 27-37 rows. They have 4 prefrontal scales instead of 2. Colors can vary between species, including a white, cream, gray, brown, or rusty-brown background with black, brown, or reddish-brown spots/blotches. Younger pine snakes are of a duller color than adults and their colors begin to get more bright after they shed once. '''Bull snakes''' range from 4-6 ft (1.2 to 1.8 m), with a maximum recorded length of 8 ft 4 inches. They can weight up to 4.5 kg (avg. 1-1.5 kg). The colors of this snake include yellow, brown, white, or black with reddish blotching. They have black bands on the tail with large blotches on the back and smaller spots on the side. The color and markings of this snake may confuse people into thinking that it is a rattlesnake. They are not. |</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>DESCR='''Pine snakes''' are large, from 91 to 254 cm in length and up to 5 cm in diameter. Hatchlings are from 30-58 cm in length. They are the second-largest snakes in northeastern North America. Pine snakes have a cartilaginous keel in front of the glottis which helps amplify hissing sounds to make them sound more like rattlesnakes. They have a pointed snout and the head looks like a turtle's. The scales are keeled in 27-37 rows. They have 4 prefrontal scales instead of 2. Colors can vary between species, including a white, cream, gray, brown, or rusty-brown background with black, brown, or reddish-brown spots/blotches. Younger pine snakes are of a duller color than adults and their colors begin to get more bright after they shed once. '''Bull snakes''' range from 4-6 ft (1.2 to 1.8 m), with a maximum recorded length of 8 ft 4 inches. They can weight up to 4.5 kg (avg. 1-1.5 kg). The colors of this snake include yellow, brown, white, or black with reddish blotching. They have black bands on the tail with large blotches on the back and smaller spots on the side. The color and markings of this snake may confuse people into thinking that it is a rattlesnake. They are not<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. '''Gopher snakes''' range from 180-275 cm. Their eyes are large compared to other snakes of the same body size. The background color is light tan to gray with brown or black blotches. Some can be striped or albino. Most markings depend on the surrounding environment to camouflage better. The ventral side is white to yellow, occasionally with darker spots. On their face they have a dark line in front of the eyes and from behind the eyes to the jaw. Their scales are keeled and are arranged in 27037 rows at their midbody. They can be confused for rattlesnakes but they are not rattlesnakes</ins>. |</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>LC='''Pine snakes''' are oviparous. The incubation period is from 51-100 days. Males mate with multiple females. These snakes breed every year in the spring. Gestation lasts 28-39 days. Eggs are laid from May to July in underground burrows or under rocks and logs. Some pine snakes share nests, but some do not. Each clutch contains 3-24 eggs. Eggs hatch in August or September. Maturity is reached after 3 years. Parental care is not involved after the eggs are laid. '''Bull snakes''' breed in March or April. Eggs are laid from April to June. Each clutch contains 5-12 eggs (avg. 12). The eggs are up to 7- mm long and hatch in August or September. Juveniles are 20-46 cm. |</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>LC='''Pine snakes''' are oviparous. The incubation period is from 51-100 days. Males mate with multiple females. These snakes breed every year in the spring. Gestation lasts 28-39 days. Eggs are laid from May to July in underground burrows or under rocks and logs. Some pine snakes share nests, but some do not. Each clutch contains 3-24 eggs. Eggs hatch in August or September. Maturity is reached after 3 years. Parental care is not involved after the eggs are laid. '''Bull snakes''' breed in March or April. Eggs are laid from April to June. Each clutch contains 5-12 eggs (avg. 12). The eggs are up to 7- mm long and hatch in August or September. Juveniles are 20-46 cm<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. '''Gopher snakes''' are oviparous. The incubation period is from 65-75 days. The young are 30-35 cm in length when hatched. During the mating season (from June to August), females release pheromones that males detect. Males will mate with as many females as possible within one mating season. Each clutch contains 2-24 eggs, and females can lay up to 2 clutches every year. Maturity is reached in 4 years for females and in 1.5 years for males. Nests can be communal. After eggs are laid, there is no parental care</ins>. |</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>ECO='''Habitat''': '''Pine snakes''' live in pine barrens, mixed scrub pine/oak woods, dry rocky mountains, sand hills, old fields, and disturbed areas. Males live near logs and bark while females live under oak leaves. They can be found from 0 to 152.4 m in elevation. '''Diet''': '''Pine snakes''' eat birds, mammals, such as mice, rats, squirrels, and gophers, reptiles, and eggs. '''Bull snakes''' eat mice, moles, rats, gophers, squirrels, rabbits, birds, eggs, frogs, and lizards. They are good climbers and will climb trees to eat bird eggs. Unlike me, these snakes can eat 5 birds in 15 minutes. |</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>ECO='''Habitat''': '''Pine snakes''' live in pine barrens, mixed scrub pine/oak woods, dry rocky mountains, sand hills, old fields, and disturbed areas. Males live near logs and bark while females live under oak leaves. They can be found from 0 to 152.4 m in elevation<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. '''Gopher snakes''' live in woodlands, deserts, fields, prairies, chaparral, shrublands, marshes, moist woodlands, grassland, and forest edges. They are often found in moist habitats</ins>. '''Diet''': '''Pine snakes''' eat birds, mammals, such as mice, rats, squirrels, and gophers, reptiles, and eggs. '''Bull snakes''' eat mice, moles, rats, gophers, squirrels, rabbits, birds, eggs, frogs, and lizards. They are good climbers and will climb trees to eat bird eggs. Unlike me, these snakes can eat 5 birds in 15 minutes<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. '''Gopher snakes''' eat small mammals (such as gophers *cough cough wink wink*, voles, mice, rats, squirrels, rabbits), birds, lizards (ex. side-blotched lizards), small snakes (ex. rattlesnakes), insects, bats, and eggs. They use constriction to catch and eat their prey</ins>. |</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>BEHAVIOR='''Pine snakes''' are mainly diurnal. They are active from late March or April to late October/November. Hibernation occurs in underground burrows. Aestivation can occur during the summer. Pine snakes' pointy snout allows them to quickly burrow into the soil or sand to hide from predators, escape the heat, find food, and build nests. Pine snakes can climb. During breeding season, males are known to fight each other. When threatened, pine snakes will hiss, making themselves sound like rattlesnakes, or attack the threat. '''Bull snakes''' will first freeze when they feel they are threatened, which is often because they think that anything moving is a threat if it seems inedible. If they cannot run fast enough to run away from the threat, they will rear up and try to look as big as possible while hissing. This hissing sound can sound like a rattlesnake's because of a piece of cartilage that hands near the glottis. To really look like a rattlesnake, they will strike a nice rattlesnake-like pose and vibrate its tail in some leaves. |</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>BEHAVIOR='''Pine snakes''' are mainly diurnal. They are active from late March or April to late October/November. Hibernation occurs in underground burrows. Aestivation can occur during the summer. Pine snakes' pointy snout allows them to quickly burrow into the soil or sand to hide from predators, escape the heat, find food, and build nests. Pine snakes can climb. During breeding season, males are known to fight each other. When threatened, pine snakes will hiss, making themselves sound like rattlesnakes, or attack the threat. '''Bull snakes''' will first freeze when they feel they are threatened, which is often because they think that anything moving is a threat if it seems inedible. If they cannot run fast enough to run away from the threat, they will rear up and try to look as big as possible while hissing. This hissing sound can sound like a rattlesnake's because of a piece of cartilage that hands near the glottis. To really look like a rattlesnake, they will strike a nice rattlesnake-like pose and vibrate its tail in some leaves<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. '''Gopher snakes''' are diurnal and live alone in dens or other areas with shelter. They can spend up to 90% of their time underground. These snakes also swim and climb. There is minimal communication between different gopher snakes. One exception is during the breeding season when females release pheromones. The vomeronasal organ is used to sense the surrounding environment. When threatened, they will mimic rattlesnakes by shaking their tails. However, this can get them killed by dumb humans who believe that the gopher snake is a rattlesnake even though they have no rattle. Their main line of defense is camouflage</ins>. |</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>DESCR='''Pine snakes''' are large, from 91 to 254 cm in length and up to 5 cm in diameter. Hatchlings are from 30-58 cm in length. They are the second-largest snakes in northeastern North America. Pine snakes have a cartilaginous keel in front of the glottis which helps amplify hissing sounds to make them sound more like rattlesnakes. They have a pointed snout and the head looks like a turtle's. The scales are keeled in 27-37 rows. They have 4 prefrontal scales instead of 2. Colors can vary between species, including a white, cream, gray, brown, or rusty-brown background with black, brown, or reddish-brown spots/blotches. Younger pine snakes are of a duller color than adults and their colors begin to get more bright after they shed once. |</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>DESCR='''Pine snakes''' are large, from 91 to 254 cm in length and up to 5 cm in diameter. Hatchlings are from 30-58 cm in length. They are the second-largest snakes in northeastern North America. Pine snakes have a cartilaginous keel in front of the glottis which helps amplify hissing sounds to make them sound more like rattlesnakes. They have a pointed snout and the head looks like a turtle's. The scales are keeled in 27-37 rows. They have 4 prefrontal scales instead of 2. Colors can vary between species, including a white, cream, gray, brown, or rusty-brown background with black, brown, or reddish-brown spots/blotches. Younger pine snakes are of a duller color than adults and their colors begin to get more bright after they shed once<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. '''Bull snakes''' range from 4-6 ft (1.2 to 1.8 m), with a maximum recorded length of 8 ft 4 inches. They can weight up to 4.5 kg (avg. 1-1.5 kg). The colors of this snake include yellow, brown, white, or black with reddish blotching. They have black bands on the tail with large blotches on the back and smaller spots on the side. The color and markings of this snake may confuse people into thinking that it is a rattlesnake. They are not</ins>. |</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>LC='''Pine snakes''' are oviparous. The incubation period is from 51-100 days. Males mate with multiple females. These snakes breed every year in the spring. Gestation lasts 28-39 days. Eggs are laid from May to July in underground burrows or under rocks and logs. Some pine snakes share nests, but some do not. Each clutch contains 3-24 eggs. Eggs hatch in August or September. Maturity is reached after 3 years. Parental care is not involved after the eggs are laid. |</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>LC='''Pine snakes''' are oviparous. The incubation period is from 51-100 days. Males mate with multiple females. These snakes breed every year in the spring. Gestation lasts 28-39 days. Eggs are laid from May to July in underground burrows or under rocks and logs. Some pine snakes share nests, but some do not. Each clutch contains 3-24 eggs. Eggs hatch in August or September. Maturity is reached after 3 years. Parental care is not involved after the eggs are laid<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. '''Bull snakes''' breed in March or April. Eggs are laid from April to June. Each clutch contains 5-12 eggs (avg. 12). The eggs are up to 7- mm long and hatch in August or September. Juveniles are 20-46 cm</ins>. |</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>CONSERV='''Pine snakes''' are of least concern, but some subspecies, such as the black pine snake, the common pine snake, and the Florida pine snake, are protected by state laws. Habitat destruction is the leading cause of decline in pine snake population. |</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>CONSERV='''Pine snakes''' are of least concern, but some subspecies, such as the black pine snake, the common pine snake, and the Florida pine snake, are protected by state laws. Habitat destruction is the leading cause of decline in pine snake population. |</div></td></tr>
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