North American Pine Snake

The northern pine snake(pituophis melaneucus ) is a
fairly large (48-68 inches. or 122-172
cm) black and dull white to yellowish
or light gray snake. These snakes have
blotches that are dark or brownish
. Pine snakes have keeledscales and a single anal plate. Knownfor their loud hiss, pine snakes aretypically perfer the ground and rarelyclimb trees. Since the pine snake is both secretive andfossorial, meaning it burrows underground, it can easily
go unseen or noticed.
Pine snakes require dry pine-oak forest t growing on very
infertile sandy soils such as Lakehurst or Lakewood sands.
The shy nature of this snake has lead to some degree of uncertainty about its
overall status in the northeastern United States. Indications seem to suggest that pine
snake abundance has dwindelled throughout its northeastern range,
New Jersey Pinelands may hold some of the largest populations of pine snakes in the
Northeast, but even there the species is at risk. ReptilesNCritters.com
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