Great Basin Gopher Snake
Pituophis catenifer deserticola
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- P. c. deserticola – Inyo Co, CA – photo by Gary Nafis
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- P. c. deserticola – Inyo Co, CA – photo by Gary Nafis
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- P. c. deserticola – San Bernardino Co, CA – photo by Steve Bledsoe
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- Map by Steve Bledsoe, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Pituophis c. deserticola occurs in the Mojave Desert in California, northward west of the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range, across all of Nevada and Utah and across northern Arizona.
LEGAL STATUS: No Listings
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Pituophis catenifer deserticola (Stejneger – 1893)
Genus: Pituophis, Greek – pitys = pine + ophis = snake, serpent
Species: catenifer, Latin – catena = chain + ifera = bearing
Subspecies: deserticola, Latin – desert = dry place + icola = inhabitant of
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jaeger 1962