Northern Pine Snake
(Pituophis
melanoleucus melanoleucus) |
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DESCRIPTION: 48-66 inches. (122-168 cm); A
large black and white snake with a noisy hiss, Dark blotches are
black toward front of body, But may be brown near and on tail.
Ground color dull white, yellowish, or light gray. Scales
keeled.
STATUS: It appears to be rare.
RANGE: It has been found in the Blue
Ridge and Valley and Ridge.
HABITAT: It inhabits dry ridges and
hillsides, usually in scrub pine, laurel and rhododendron
thickets where soils are sandy or of such texture to allow
burrowing, and vegetation is sparse.
SPECIAL HABITAT:
FOOD: This species eats mainly small
mammals, birds and birds eggs. Juveniles may eat lizards. |
