# Pituophis deppei

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Species of snake

Pituophis deppei Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Suborder: Serpentes Family: Colubridae Genus: Pituophis Species: P. deppei Binomial name Pituophis deppei (A.M.C. Duméril, 1853) Synonyms[2] Elaphis deppei A.M.C. Duméril, 1853 Arizona deppei — Cope, 1861 Arizona jani Cope, 1861 Pituophis deppei — Jan & Sordelli, 1867 Spilotes deppei — Cope, 1887 Coluber deppii — Boulenger, 1896 Pityophis deppei — Dugès, 1898 Pituophis deppei — H.M. Smith, 1944

***Pituophis deppei***, [commonly](/source/Common_name) known as the **Mexican bullsnake** and the **Mexican pine snake**, is a [species](/source/Species) of nonvenomous colubrid [snake](/source/Snake) [endemic](/source/Endemism) to [Mexico](/source/Mexico). There are two recognized [subspecies](/source/Subspecies).

## Etymology

The [specific name](/source/Specific_name_(zoology)), *deppei*, is in honor of German artist [Ferdinand Deppe](/source/Ferdinand_Deppe), who collected natural history specimens in Mexico.[3]

The [subspecific name](/source/Subspecies), *jani*, is in honor of Italian herpetologist [Giorgio Jan](/source/Giorgio_Jan).[3]

## Geographic range

*P. deppei* occurs in the Mexican states of [Aguascalientes](/source/Aguascalientes), [Coahuila](/source/Coahuila), [Guanajuato](/source/Guanajuato), [Hidalgo](/source/Hidalgo_(state)), [Jalisco](/source/Jalisco), [Mexico](/source/State_of_Mexico), [Morelos](/source/Morelos), [Nayarit](/source/Nayarit), [Nuevo León](/source/Nuevo_Le%C3%B3n), [Oaxaca](/source/Oaxaca), [Puebla](/source/Puebla), [Querétaro](/source/Quer%C3%A9taro), [San Luis Potosí](/source/San_Luis_Potos%C3%AD), [Sinaloa](/source/Sinaloa), [Sonora](/source/Sonora), and [Tamaulipas](/source/Tamaulipas).[2]

## Habitat

The preferred natural [habitats](/source/Habitat) of *P. deppei* are [forest](/source/Forest), [shrubland](/source/Shrubland), and [grassland](/source/Grassland), but it is also found in agricultural, suburban, and urban areas.[1]

## Description

[Dorsally](/source/Dorsum_(anatomy)), *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 1.69 m (5.5 ft), including a tail length of 18 cm (7.1 in).[4]

## Reproduction

*P. deppei* is [oviparous](/source/Oviparity).[2]

## Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the [nominotypical subspecies](/source/Nominotypical_subspecies).

- *Pituophis deppei deppei* ([A.M.C. Duméril](/source/Andr%C3%A9_Marie_Constant_Dum%C3%A9ril), 1853) – southern Mexican pine snake

- *[Pituophis deppei jani](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pituophis_deppei_jani&action=edit&redlink=1)* ([Cope](/source/Edward_Drinker_Cope), 1861) – northern Mexican pine snake

*[Nota bene](/source/Nota_bene)*: A [trinomial authority](/source/Trinomen) in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a [genus](/source/Genus) other than *[Pituophis](/source/Pituophis)*.

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-iucn_status_19_November_2021_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-iucn_status_19_November_2021_1-1) [Hammerson, G.A.](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_A._Hammerson); [Vazquez Díaz, J.](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Joel_V%C3%A1zquez-D%C3%ADaz); [Quintero Díaz, G.E.](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Gustavo_Ernesto_Quintero-D%C3%ADaz); [Flores-Villela, O.](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Flores-Villela) (2007). ["*Pituophis deppei*"](https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/63870/12723360). *[IUCN Red List of Threatened Species](/source/IUCN_Red_List)*. **2007** e.T63870A12723360. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63870A12723360.en](https://doi.org/10.2305%2FIUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63870A12723360.en). Retrieved 19 November 2021.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-RDB_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-RDB_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-RDB_2-2) [*Pituophis deppei*](http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species.php?genus=Pituophis&species=deppei) at the [Reptarium.cz Reptile Database](http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/). Accessed 2020-06-06.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-EDR_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-EDR_3-1) [Beolens, Bo](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Bo_Beolens); [Watkins, Michael](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Michael_Watkins); Grayson, Michael (2011). *The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles*. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-4214-0135-5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4214-0135-5). (*Pituophis deppei*, p. 70; *P. d. jani*, p. 133).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [Boulenger GA](/source/George_Albert_Boulenger) (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).

## Further reading

- [Duellman WE](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/William_Edward_Duellman) (1960). "A Taxonomic Study of the Middle American Snake, *Pituophis deppei* ". *University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History* **10** (10): 599–610.

- [Duméril \[AMC\]](/source/Andr%C3%A9_Marie_Constant_Dum%C3%A9ril) (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, [Bibron G](/source/Gabriel_Bibron), [Dumeril A\[-H-A\]](/source/Auguste_Dum%C3%A9ril) (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).

- [Heimes P](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Peter_Heimes) (2016). *Snakes of Mexico: Herpetofauna Mexicana Vol. I*. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Chimaira. 572 pp. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-3899731002](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-3899731002).

Taxon identifiers Pituophis deppei Wikidata: Q3389431 Wikispecies: Pituophis deppei CoL: 4JCGP EoL: 791058 GBIF: 2453858 iNaturalist: 29038 ITIS: 585983 IUCN: 63870 NCBI: 94860 Observation.org: 102325 RD: deppei

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