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title: "Pine Snake"
description: "Pituophis melanoleucus — Reptiles. Pituophis melanoleucus, commonly known as the eastern pine snake, is a species of nonvenomous snake in the family Colubridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/pine-snake
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Pine Snake

> Pituophis melanoleucus — Reptiles. Pituophis melanoleucus, commonly known as the eastern pine snake, is a species of nonvenomous snake in the family Colubridae.

- Scientific name: *Pituophis melanoleucus*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptiles)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest)
- iNaturalist observations: 1134
- Wikidata: [Q1663774](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1663774)
- iNaturalist taxon: [29034](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/29034)

## Names

- en: Pine Snake
- de: Bullennatter
- es: Culebra sorda oriental estadounidense
- nl: Amerikaanse stierslang

## Countries with the most observations

US (815)

## Summary

Pituophis melanoleucus, commonly known as the eastern pine snake, is a species of nonvenomous snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to the southeastern United States. Three subspecies are traditionally recognized as being valid, though taxonomic changes may be occurring.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pituophis_melanoleucus

## Photo

![Pine Snake](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/pine-snake/medium.jpg)

Photo: John Kees · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/133568262

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/pine-snake?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).