{{Short description|Species of snake}} {{Speciesbox | genus = Pituophis | image = Pituophis deppei1 (cropped).jpg | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Hammerson, G.A. |author-link=species:Geoffrey A. Hammerson |author2=Vazquez Díaz, J. |author2-link=species:Joel Vázquez-Díaz |author3=Quintero Díaz, G.E. |author3-link=species:Gustavo Ernesto Quintero-Díaz |author4=Flores-Villela, O. |author4-link=species:Oscar Flores-Villela |date=2007 |title=''Pituophis deppei '' |volume=2007 |article-number=e.T63870A12723360 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63870A12723360.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}</ref> | species = deppei | authority = ([[André Marie Constant Duméril|A.M.C. Duméril]], 1853) | synonyms = *''Elaphis deppei'' <br />{{small|A.M.C. Duméril, 1853}} *''Arizona deppei'' <br />{{small|— [[edward Drinker Cope|Cope]], 1861}} *''Arizona jani'' <br />{{small|Cope, 1861}} *''Pituophis deppei'' <br />{{small|— [[Giorgio Jan|Jan]] & [[species:Ferdinando Sordelli|Sordelli]], 1867}} *''Spilotes deppei'' <br />{{small|— Cope, 1887}} *''Coluber deppii'' <br />{{small|— [[George Albert Boulenger|Boulenger]], 1896}} *''Pityophis deppei'' <br />{{small|— [[Alfredo Dugès|Dugès]], 1898}} *''Pituophis deppei'' <br />{{small|— [[Hobart Muir Smith|H.M. Smith]], 1944}} | synonyms_ref = <ref name="RDB"/> }}
'''''Pituophis deppei''''', [[Common name|commonly]] known as the '''Mexican bullsnake''' and the '''Mexican pine snake''', is a [[species]] of nonvenomous colubrid [[snake]] [[Endemism|endemic]] to [[Mexico]]. There are two recognized [[subspecies]].
==Etymology== The [[Specific name (zoology)|specific name]], ''deppei'', is in honor of German artist [[Ferdinand Deppe]], who collected natural history specimens in Mexico.<ref name=EDR>[[species:Bo Beolens|Beolens, Bo]]; [[species:Michael Watkins|Watkins, Michael]]; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. (''Pituophis deppei'', p. 70; ''P. d. jani'', p. 133).</ref>
The [[Subspecies|subspecific name]], ''jani'', is in honor of Italian herpetologist [[Giorgio Jan]].<ref name=EDR/>
==Geographic range== ''P. deppei'' occurs in the Mexican states of [[Aguascalientes]], [[Coahuila]], [[Guanajuato]], [[Hidalgo (state)|Hidalgo]], [[Jalisco]], [[State of Mexico|Mexico]], [[Morelos]], [[Nayarit]], [[Nuevo León]], [[Oaxaca]], [[Puebla]], [[Querétaro]], [[San Luis Potosí]], [[Sinaloa]], [[Sonora]], and [[Tamaulipas]].<ref name="RDB">{{NRDB species|genus=Pituophis|species=deppei|accessdate=2020-06-06}}</ref>
==Habitat== The preferred natural [[habitat]]s of ''P. deppei'' are [[forest]], [[shrubland]], and [[grassland]], but it is also found in agricultural, suburban, and urban areas.<ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021"/>
==Description== [[Dorsum (anatomy)|Dorsally]], ''P. deppei'' is yellowish tan, with a series of large quadrangular blotches, which are dark brown to black. It has smaller dark spots on the sides. Ventrally, it is yellowish, with squarish brown spots. Adults may attain a total length of {{convert|1.69|m|ft|abbr=on}}, including a tail length of {{convert|18|cm|in|abbr=on}}.<ref>[[George Albert Boulenger|Boulenger GA]] (1894). ''Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ''. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xi + 382 pp. + Plates I–XX. ("''Coluber deppii'' [sic]", pp. 66–67).</ref>
==Reproduction== ''P. deppei'' is [[Oviparity|oviparous]].<ref name=RDB/>
==Subspecies== Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the [[nominotypical subspecies]]. *''Pituophis deppei deppei'' {{small|([[André Marie Constant Duméril|A.M.C. Duméril]], 1853)}} – southern Mexican pine snake *''[[Pituophis deppei jani]]'' {{small|([[Edward Drinker Cope|Cope]], 1861)}} – northern Mexican pine snake
''[[Nota bene]]'': A [[Trinomen|trinomial authority]] in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a [[genus]] other than ''[[Pituophis]]''.
==References== {{Reflist}}
==Further reading== *[[species:William Edward Duellman|Duellman WE]] (1960). "A Taxonomic Study of the Middle American Snake, ''Pituophis deppei'' ". ''University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History'' '''10''' (10): 599–610. *[[André Marie Constant Duméril|Duméril [AMC]]] (1853). "''Prodrome de la classification des reptiles ophidiens'' ". ''Mémoires de l'Académie des Sciences, Paris'' '''23''': 399–536. (''Elaphis deppei'', new species, p. 453). (in French). *Duméril A-M-C, [[Gabriel Bibron|Bibron G]], [[Auguste Duméril|Dumeril A[-H-A]]] (1854). ''Erpétologie génerale ou histoire naturelle complète des reptiles. Tome septième'' [Volume 7]. ''Première partie. Comprenant l'Histoire des serpents non venimeux''. Paris: Roret. xvi + 780 pp. (''Elaphis deppei'', p. 268). (in French). *[[species:Peter Heimes|Heimes P]] (2016). ''Snakes of Mexico: Herpetofauna Mexicana Vol. I''. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Chimaira. 572 pp. {{ISBN|978-3899731002}}.
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[[Category:Pituophis]] [[Category:Snakes of North America]] [[Category:Endemic reptiles of Mexico]] [[Category:Reptiles described in 1853]] [[Category:Taxa named by André Marie Constant Duméril]]
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