Pituophis

Translingual

Pituophis melanoleucusi

Etymology

Modern scientific compound Πιτυόφις : Pituophis "pine snake". From Ancient Greek πίτυς (pítus, “pine”), and Ancient Greek ὄφις (óphis, “snake”).

Proper noun

Pituophis m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Colubridae – nonvenomous colubrid snakes, called gopher snakes, pine snakes, or bullsnakes, endemic to North America.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Reptilia – class; Diapsida - subclass; Lepidosauromorpha - infraclass; Lepidosauria - superorder; Squamata - order; Serpentes - order; Caenophidia - infraorder; Colubroidea - superfamily; Colubridae - family; Colubrinae - subfamily; Lampropeltini - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Pituophis melanoleucus (eastern pine snake, pine snake) - type species; Pituophis catenifer (gopher snake), Pituophis deppei (Mexican bull snake), Pituophis insularis (Credos Island gopher snake), Pituophis lineaticollis (middle American gopher snake), Pituophis ruthveni (Louisiana pine snake), Pituophis vertebralis (Cape gopher snake) - other species

Descendants

• → Chinese: 松蛇 (sōngshé) (calque)

Further reading

• Pituophis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Pituophis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Pituophis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons