Pituophis deppei

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis: Sarcopterygii
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Serpentes
Infraordo: Caenophidia
Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Pituophis
Species: Pituophis deppei
Subspecies: P. d. deppei – P. d. jani
Name

Pituophis deppei (Duméril, 1853)

Type locality: Mexico.
Synonyms

Elaphis deppei Duméril, 1853: 453
Elaphis Deppei — Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854: 268
Elaphis pleurostictus — Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854: 244
Coluber deppii — Boulenger, 1894: 66
Pituophis deppei — Liner, 1994
Pituophis deppei deppei — Liner, 2007

References

Duméril, André Marie Constant 1853: Prodrome de la classifcation des reptiles ophidiens. Mém. Acad. Sci., Paris, 23: 399–536.
Boulenger, George A. 1894: Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. British Mus. (Nat. Hist.), London, xi, 382 pp.
Liner, Ernest A. 2007: A CHECKLIST OF THE AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES OF MEXICO. Louisiana State University Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural Science, 80: 1–60.
Pituophis deppei at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 04 oct 2008.

Vernacular names
English: Mexican Bull Snake
español: Culebra sorda mexicana

Pituophis deppei, commonly known as the Mexican pine snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Mexico, where it occurs in the states of Mexico, Hidalgo, Aguascalientes, Jalisco, Querétaro, Coahuila and Nuevo León.[2]

The species is named in honor of Ferdinand Deppe.
Subspecies

P. d. deppei (A.M.C. Duméril, 1853) – southern Mexican pine snake
P. d. jani (Cope, 1861) – northern Mexican pine snake

References

Hammerson, G.A.; Vazquez Díaz, J.; Quintero Díaz, G.E.; Flores-Villela, O. (2007). "Pituophis deppei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T63870A12723360. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63870A12723360.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
Pituophis deppei at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 2020-06-06.