Pituophis catenifer (Bullsnake)
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BULLSNAKE
Pituophis catenifer (Blainville, 1835)
STATUS: Common
LOCALITIES OBSERVED: Collin
Co.: 5 mi N of Plano on
FM 2478, 2 mi W of Celina on FM 455, 1 mi NE of FM 2478 on Tx 121, and 2.1
mi E jct Jupiter Rd. on FM 2514; Dallas
Co.: Mt. Creek Lake area,
Valley View near Tx 114, and Cedar Hill area;
Denton Co.: .8
mi E of jct FM 2622 on US 380 and .3 mi E of Krum on county Rd. 1173;
Ellis Co.: near
jct of I-35 on FM 308; Hood
Co.: 2 mi N of Cresson on
Tx, and 3.1 mi E jct of FM 1543 on FM 4;
Johnson Co.: 3.3
mi S of Park Rd. 21 on US 67 and .5 mi S of Godley on FM 2331;
Parker Co.: 3
mi S of jct FM 51 on Tx 171, 2 mi N of Cresson on Tx 171, 2.1 mi N of
Whitt, and near Tin Top Community; Somervell
Co.: 14.4 mi S of Park
Rd. 21 on US 67; Tarrant
Co.: S of Azle, 4 mi E of
Saginaw, 1 mi W of Benbrook, 2 mi W of Wheatland, 5 mi E of Crowley, and
Arkansas Lane S of Arlington; Wise
Co.: Lyndon B. Johnson
Nat'l Grasslands NW of Decatur
DOCUMENTED COUNTIES: Collin,
Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Hood, Johnson, Parker, Somervell, Tarrant, and Wise
HABITAT: Western Cross Timbers, Eastern Cross Timbers, Fort Worth
Prairie, Mesquite Grand Prairie, Cedar-limestone Hills, Blackland Prairie,
and Rolling Plains
SUBSPECIES: Bullsnake
[P. c. sayi (Schlegel, 1837)]
COMMENTS: Bullsnakes
are more common in the western half of the Metroplex. |