Pituophis melanoleucus melanoleucus
Here's a nice male white Northern pine snake that was collected from
the east end of Aiken County South Carolina by the late Lloyd Gebhardt.
The photo is by Gerry Salmon 2021
Northern Pine Snake
Pituophis melanoleucus melanoleucus (Daudin, 1803)
Digital Image taken by Patrick Houston Briggs on July 7, 2017 Adult Female, Courtesy of Rick Lewis
Pituophis melanoleucus melanoleucus/Northern Pine snake
sub-adult male from Orangeburg South Carolina below
Digital Photo by Patrick Houston Briggs April 26, 2018
Below is a Northern Pine snake/Pituophis melanoleucus melanoleucus
Upper body view from above of a sub-adult male from Orangeburg, South Carolina parents
Digital Photo by Patrick H. Briggs April 26, 2018
Below is a Northern Pine snake/Pituophis melanoleucus melanoleucus
Close up head study from above of a sub-adult male from Orangeburg, South Carolina parents
Digital Photo by Patrick H. Briggs April 26, 2018
The N. pine snake below is the same Orangeburg S. Carolina individual above but photographed over a year later on Saturday, October 12, 2019
Digital Image Taken By Patrick Houston Briggs with my Nikon 7200 with an AF-S Micro NIKKOR 60mm 1:2.8G ED lens.
The N. pine snake below is the same Orangeburg S. Carolina individual a few images above, but photographed over a year later on Saturday, October 12, 2019
Digital Image Taken By Patrick Houston Briggs with my Nikon 7200 with an AF-S Micro NIKKOR 60mm 1:2.8G ED lens.
Below is Patrick Houston Briggs who holds up for viewing his adult over 6 feet male Northern Pine snake Pituophis melanoleucus melanoleucus August 2017.
Photo by Stephanie Ruth Briggs
Northern Pine snake adult female below
Digital Image By Patrick Briggs 2017
Young Northern Pine snake below
Photo image by Patrick Briggs
Young Northern Pine Snake
Digital Image by Pat Briggs 2014
Pituophis melanoleucus melanoleucus adult female
Digital image taken July 7, 2017 By Patrick H. Briggs Courtesy Rick Lewis
Adult Male Pituophis melanoleucus melanoleucus below
Digital Photo Image By Patrick H. Briggs July 7, 2017 Courtesy Rick Lewis
Patternless Northern Pine snake
Digital Image taken July 7, 2017 By Patrick H. Briggs, Courtesy Rick Lewis
Photo by Patrick Houston Briggs
Photo by Patrick Houston Briggs Courtesy Lloyd Lemke
Photo by Patrick Houston Briggs Courtesy Rick Smith
A Robust and Powerful Female Northern Pine snake below
Photo by Patrick Briggs 1995 courtesy Lloyd Lemke
Photo by Patrick Briggs courtesy Lloyd Lemke
Northern Pine Snake
by Patrick Briggs
The Northern Pine Snake Pituophis melanoleucus melanoleucus is a light colored snake with dark or bold pattern markings and blotches. Infact, its scientific name is from the Greek melano which means dark or black, and the Greek leucus meaning white or light; therefore, a light against dark pine snake. It may have light ground colors such as gray, cream, tan, yellow, or white against reddish-brown, brown, or black blotching and markings. The dorsal blotches numbers 29 or less and no stripe extends backward from the rear of the eye. This is a snake with a pointed snout that grows to be a robust and powerful constrictor able to exceed 7 feet in length.
Some melanoleucus are communal sharing nest sites with other conspecipics, while others may be solitary.
Distribution: Pituophis melanoleucus melanoleucus: S North Carolina west through South Carolina to northern Georgia, E Tennessee, SE Kentucky, south into Alabama. Disjunct populations in S New Jersey, WC Virginia, adjacent West Virginia, C Kentucky, SW Tennessee. Intergrades with mugitus in South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama. Type locality: "la Caroline méridionale et de la Floríde." Restricted to Carolina by Barbour, 1921b: 117. Further restricted to Charleston, South Carolina, USA by Schmidt, 1953a: 201.
Northern Pine snake eggs laid summer of 2017
Digital picture by Patrick H. Briggs, Courtesy Rick Lewis
Pituophis melanoleucus melanoleucus HATCHLING RIGHT SIDE HEAD STUDY
Photo by Patrick Houston Briggs
Pituophis melanoleucus melanoleucus HATCHLING
Pituophis melanoleucus melanoleucus HATCHLING UPPER HEAD STUDY
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hghjim/5681490499/in/photostream/
Kentucky Northern Pine snake video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31MAYJt6wDo
Virginia range map for the Northern pine snake: http://www.dgif.virginia.gov/wildlife/species/maps/030040-map.jpg
http://www.freewebs.com/dnsreptiles/blackpinesnakes.htm
http://www.pinelandsalliance.org/images/artmax/artmax_515.jpg
Jersey Northern pine snake: http://www.flickr.com/photos/hghjim/2044756795/
http://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/ensp/pdf/pine_snake_assessment09.pdf
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hghjim/2347064804/in/set-72157603233540189
http://www.coastalplainsreptiles.com/Species/Snakes/Pituophis_melanoleucus_melanoleucus_pix_all.htm
Male Northern pine snakes battle for dominance: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lvulgaris/3494355093/in/photostream/
North Dakota bull snake range map and image: http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/herps/amrepnd/species/pitucate.htm
Northern Pine snake in Tennessee: http://apbrwww5.apsu.edu/reptatlas/colu/p_mel_photo.htm
Tennessee range map: http://apbrwww5.apsu.edu/reptatlas/colu/pmelAccount.htm
Albino Northern pine snake: http://www.flickr.com/photos/hghjim/2678720614/in/set-72157603233540189
Adult albino Northern pine snake: http://www.flickr.com/photos/hghjim/8513564473/in/set-72157603233540189
Red Morph- Northern pine snake: http://www.flickr.com/photos/hghjim/2045549544/in/set-72157603233540189
"Paradox" Northern pine snake: http://www.flickr.com/photos/hghjim/2044764487/in/set-72157603233540189
Click this to see a beautiful but strange mutation morph of the Northern pine snake: http://www.flickr.com/photos/hghjim/8504367678/in/set-72157603233540189
New Jersy pine snakes: http://www.flickr.com/photos/michiganherper/7391281444/
Virginia pine snake range map: http://www.dgif.virginia.gov/wildlife/species/maps/030040-map.jpg
A robust Northern pine snake: http://www.pinelandsalliance.org/images/artmax/artmax_515.jpg
Info on Northern pine snake Jersey: http://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/ensp/pdf/pine_snake_assessment09.pdf
Nesting info on the Jersey pine snake: http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/1564642?uid=3739560&uid=2134&uid=2&uid=70&uid=4&uid=3739256&sid=21102046130751
Northern pine snakes of different locations: http://www.coastalplainsreptiles.com/Species/Snakes/Pituophis_melanoleucus_melanoleucus_pix_all.htm
New Jersey pine snake conservation: http://endangerednj.blogspot.com/2009/12/continued-pine-snake-protection.html
Northern pine snake info: http://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/ensp/somsept.htm
Northern pine snake with her eggs: http://www.flickr.com/photos/hghjim/5681490499/in/photostream/
Rusty morph Northern pine snake: http://www.flickr.com/photos/hghjim/8503260231/sizes/l/in/set-72157603233540189/
Several fine pics of pine snakes: http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/img_query
North Carolina pine snakes: http://www.bio.davidson.edu/projects/herpcons/herps_of_NC/snakes/Pitmel/Pit_mel.htm
lNorthern pine snake info: http://www.marylandzoo.org/animals-conservation/reptiles/northern-pine-snake/
Northern pine snake beauty: http://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=1985433,1985433
New Jersy pine snake range and program: http://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/ensp/pdf/literature/nj_pinesnake_assessment.pdf
Northern pine snake care sheet: http://www.rtpnet.org/ncherps/pdf_forms/NorthernPineSnake.pdf
History and maps of the pine snakes: http://el.erdc.usace.army.mil/tes/pdfs/serdp985.pdf
Wild New Jersy pine snake female found by Michigan herpers: http://herpingmichigan.blogspot.com/2012/06/trail-continues.html
Effects of egg incubation temps on newborn pine snakes: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2FBF00295199#page-1
An exceptional looking Northern pine snake: http://www.cornsnakes.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1188680
Scutelation:
Mid-body Scales 27-31 Supralabials 7-9
Ventrals 205-249 Infralabials 10-13
Caudals 52-66 Postoculars 2-4
Anal Single (Entire) Preoculars 1-2
Prefrontals 4
(Pituophis melanoleucus melanoleucus Close View of Midbody Ventral)
Photo by Patrick H. Briggs
NORTHERN PINE SNAKE HEAD STUDY
Photo by Patrick Houston Briggs Courtesy Lloyd Lemke
NORTHERN PINE SNAKE
Photo by Patrick Houston Briggs 2000 Courtesy Rick Smith
Northern Pine Snake albino with pattern, Lloyd Lemke line from the late 90's
Image scanned into the computer from one of Patrick H. Briggs photos
Photo by Pat Briggs Courtesy Lloyd and Sonnie Lemke
Albino Northern Pine snake
White Pituophis melanoleucus melanoleucus
Photo by Pat Briggs Courtesy Lloyd Lemke
Each level of this melamine enclosure is 19 inches x 74 inches x 20 inches. I house Pituophis over 6 feet long in these cages.
Status in Tennessee: The Northern Pinesnake is listed as “Threatened” by TWRA and considered rare and uncommon by Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation. Populations are declining due to loss of habitat, decline in habitat quality (fire suppression), and road mortality
This image with its dark bold blotches of black all down the upper back and other smaller spots and marks represents a Northern Pine Snake Pituophis melanoleucus melanoleucus.
This pretty image was done by Paige Penrose 2021