...gophers & bulls? (Let along Pines!). I'll admit, my ecology education was 25 years ago, but the two terms were interchangeable then - at least in Tucson (then the north central part of the Sonorans' range).
I just bought my 1st (cb) Albino San Diego (non Applegate) - so is it a Bull or a Gopher?
What are they now calling the difference between Bulls, Gophers & Pines? - locale? Thanks!
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ok - I give... I just found out there is now a difference between...
goyotle
Sep 27, 2005 12:01 AM
Replies (5)
BILLY
Sep 27, 2005 04:31 PM
Your Applegate is a gopher snake.
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goyotle
Sep 28, 2005 12:02 AM
Not an Applegate, though - a different line.
BILLY
Sep 28, 2005 07:01 PM
Duh! I need to get some glasses! Sorry!
Take care!
Billy
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Paul Hollander
Sep 28, 2005 04:59 PM
>What are they now calling the difference between Bulls, Gophers & Pines? - locale?
The bullsnake is _Pituophis catenifer sayi_. All other subspecies of _Pituophis catenifer_ are gopher snakes. The Louisiana pine is a separate species, _Pituophis ruthveni_. All the other pine snakes are subspecies of _Pituophis melanoleucus_.
Paul Hollander
goyotle
Sep 28, 2005 06:13 PM
Thanks Mr Hollander - I was hoping you would be one of the responders! I guess mine is a gopher, being the San Diego variety (a beauty of an albino too!) Thanks again!
