pine snake

Any of various bull snakes common in pine woods, especially Pituophis melanoleucus of the eastern United States.

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pine′ snake`

any of several subspecies of bullsnake of the eastern and southeastern U.S., chiefly inhabiting pine woods.

[1785–95]

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pine snake - any of several bull snakes of eastern and southeastern United States found chiefly in pine woods; now threatened

bull snake, bull-snake - any of several large harmless rodent-eating North American burrowing snakes

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> Piney is on the loose " The pet snake, called Piney - a non-venomous Louisiana pine snake - went missing from its home in Solva around two months ago.

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An ileocolic intussusception has been reported in a pine snake (Pituophis melanoleucus), who died shortly after a permanent ileostomy was performed [8].

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Elimination of prey through prescribed burns has been implicated as a factor contributing to Louisiana pine snake (Pituophis melanoleucus ruthveni) declines (Rudolph and Burgdorf, 1997).

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TRICKY4-5ft pine snake is good to handle but not suitable for a first-time snake owner.

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Mercer County Community College (N.J.) Assistant Professor of Biology Ron Smith spoke about the state-threatened northern pine snake in a lecture at the college.

Mercer County Community College (N.J.) Assistant Professor of Biology Ron Smith spoke about the state-threatened northern pine snake in a lecture at the college

Notes on reproduction in the black pine snake (Pituophis melanoleucus lodingi).

Reproduction by female bullsnakes (Pituophis catenifer sayi) in the Nebraska Sandhills

Ed Laquidara also showed the children a pine snake, skunk, eagle owl and Canadian lynx.

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The southern pine snake seems to like my gentle squeezes down the length of her body, and the Honduran milksnake enjoys it when we perform a series of chiropractic stretches; he anchors his head behind my thumb to make sure he doesn't slip out of my grip.

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This pine snake slithered into a chicken coop looking for dinner.

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Body temperature variation of the Louisiana Pine Snake (Pituophis ruthveni) in a longleaf pine ecosystem.

Body temperatures of over-wintering Cottonmouth snakes: hibernaculum use and inter-individual variation

Barking tree flog, Alligator snapping turtle, Eastern slender glass lizard, Northern pine snake, and Copperbelly water snake are among the rarer nongame species in the area.