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Basic information
Pituophis catenifer
Bullsnake
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassReptiles
OrderSquamates
FamilyColubrids
GenusPine and bull snakes
- Czech name
- Užovka býčí
- English name
- Bullsnake
- Alternative names
- Užovka sanmartinská, Bullsnake [sayi], Central Baja California Gopher Snake [bimaris], Cincuate Casero, Coronado Island Gophersnake, Gopher Snake, Gophersnake, Great Basin Gopher Snake [deserticola], Pacific Gophersnake [catenifer], San Diego Gopher Snake [annectens], Santa Cruz Gopher Snake [pumilus], Sonoran Gopher Snake [affinis]
- Synonyms
- Coluber catenifer, Coluber sayi, Elaphis reticulatus, Pituophis annectens, Pituophis catenifer coronalis, Pituophis mcclellanii, Pituophis mexicanus, Pituophis wilkesii, Pityophis affinis
Distribution and environment
- Biome
- Forest, Grassland, Savanna, Shrubland
- Microhabitat
- Fossorial
Size and appearance
- Body length
- max 2,790 mm
- Body mass
- max 1,586.3 g
- Hatchling mass
- max 24.3 g
- Offspring total length
- max 225 mm
Biological characteristics
- Longevity
- max 33.8 years
- Activity
- Cathemeral
- Foraging mode
- Active
- Body temperature
- 16.4–34.6 °C
Reproduction and development
- Age at maturity
- 4–4 years
- Reproductive mode
- Oviparous
- Clutch size
- 2–24 individuals
- Clutches per year
- ~1 × per year
Health and safety
- Venomous
- No
Information sources
- Biological data sources
- Catalogue of Life, ReptTraits, SquamBase
- Original documentation
- Catalogue of Life · 4JCGM · COL26.9
- Original documentation
- ReptTraits · figshare-v4
- Original documentation
- SquamBase · 17506 · dryad-v5