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Middle American gopher snake
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Conservation status
Scientific classification
Genus:
Pituophis
Species:
lineaticollis
Synonyms
  • Arizona lineaticollis Cope, 1861
  • Pituophis deppi pholidostictus Jan, 1863
  • Pituophis deppei gibsoni Stuart, 1954

Pituophis lineaticollis, commonly known as the Middle American gopher snake or cincuate bull snake, is a species of nonvenomous snake in the family Colubridae. The species is found in Guatemala and Mexico in the states of Jalisco, Michoacán, Mexico, Morelos, Guerrero, Querétaro, Oaxaca and Chiapas.

Shulba(Pituophis lineaticollis) (cropped)
Pituophis lineaticollis

Subspecies

  • Pituophis lineaticollis gibsoni Stuart, 1954
  • Pituophis lineaticollis lineaticollis (Cope, 1861)

See also

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