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The Fort Worth Zoo is one of four places across North America that houses the Louisiana pine snake species.
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Nicholas Rice, Peoplemag, 19 May 2024
The Fort Worth Zoo has released a total of 229 Louisiana pine snakes into the wild in recent years, per the facility.
—Nicholas Rice, Peoplemag, 19 May 2024
Earlier this month, the zoo released 75 Louisiana pine snakes into the Kisatchie National Forest in Louisiana, according to a social media post from the establishment.
—Nicholas Rice, Peoplemag, 19 May 2024
The black pine snake is listed under the Endangered Species Act as a threatened species, as is the indigo snake.
—Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al, 15 Aug. 2022
The Florida pine snake, also found in southeast Alabama, is often mistaken for the eastern diamondback rattlesnake.
—Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al, 15 Aug. 2022
The most recent review lists the Louisiana pine snake — which is indigenous to west-central Louisiana and East Texas — as threatened.
—Kayley Fraze, San Antonio Express-News, 15 May 2022
The Northern cat-eyed snake, Brazos water snake, concho water snake, Louisiana pine snake, Big Bend blackhead snake, Texas lyre snake and timber rattlesnake are also on the list.
—Marcy De Luna, Houston Chronicle, 2 July 2019
After 32 years of restoration, the conservatory has restored healthy populations of wild turkey, bobwhite quail, Bachman’s sparrow, Florida pine snake and the gopher tortoise, as well as the elusive Florida firefly.
—Amy Aumick, OrlandoSentinel.com, 7 May 2018
Nicholas Rice, Peoplemag, 19 May 2024
The Fort Worth Zoo has released a total of 229 Louisiana pine snakes into the wild in recent years, per the facility.
—Nicholas Rice, Peoplemag, 19 May 2024
Earlier this month, the zoo released 75 Louisiana pine snakes into the Kisatchie National Forest in Louisiana, according to a social media post from the establishment.
—Nicholas Rice, Peoplemag, 19 May 2024
The black pine snake is listed under the Endangered Species Act as a threatened species, as is the indigo snake.
—Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al, 15 Aug. 2022
The Florida pine snake, also found in southeast Alabama, is often mistaken for the eastern diamondback rattlesnake.
—Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al, 15 Aug. 2022
The most recent review lists the Louisiana pine snake — which is indigenous to west-central Louisiana and East Texas — as threatened.
—Kayley Fraze, San Antonio Express-News, 15 May 2022
The Northern cat-eyed snake, Brazos water snake, concho water snake, Louisiana pine snake, Big Bend blackhead snake, Texas lyre snake and timber rattlesnake are also on the list.
—Marcy De Luna, Houston Chronicle, 2 July 2019
After 32 years of restoration, the conservatory has restored healthy populations of wild turkey, bobwhite quail, Bachman’s sparrow, Florida pine snake and the gopher tortoise, as well as the elusive Florida firefly.
—Amy Aumick, OrlandoSentinel.com, 7 May 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pine snake
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However, eastern garter snakes and eastern rat snakes are both native to Virginia.Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 13 Aug. 2024
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Apart from garter snakes, which are known to cluster together in their hundreds in what’s called a hibernaculum during the winter months, most snakes are solo actors.New Atlas, New Atlas, 21 July 2024
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For one thing, rattlesnakes have different fat profiles than Chinese water snakes.Jordan Friedman, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Oct. 2024
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My friend the artist and naturalist George Sanford McGee, who came with us, spotted a gorgeous brown water snake napping on one knee.John Jeremiah Sullivan, Travel + Leisure, 24 July 2024
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This family of about 400 species includes coral snakes, cobras, and mambas and is considered medically important since their bites can destroy tissue, cause the heart to collapse, induce blindness, and more.Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 19 Sep. 2024
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In the Southeast, there are several venomous snakes that could potentially cause an injury to a human or pet: three species of rattlesnakes (eastern diamondback, timber, and pygmy), copperhead, cotton mouth (also known as water moccasins), and coral snake, says Maerz.Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 1 Aug. 2024
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However, certain species — such as rat snakes and rough green snakes — are better at climbing than others.Sarah Linn, Sacramento Bee, 12 July 2024
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During their surveys, researchers encountered several of these green snakes lurking in a cave, the study said.Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2024
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Explore her life at the center and learn how rat snakes survive in the wild.Joe Rassel, Orlando Sentinel, 25 July 2024
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However, certain species — such as rat snakes and rough green snakes — are better at climbing than others.Sarah Linn, Sacramento Bee, 12 July 2024
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Filmed over nearly four years, the series explores locations from the Himalayas to the Western Pacific, featuring wildlife stories including elephants that have learned to stop buses to steal food in Sri Lanka and sea snakes hunting in partnership with fish.Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 25 Oct. 2024
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There was yet more to see—wild horses and noodle-nosed saiga antelope, coves of turquoise water filled with shipwrecks and sea snakes, and camel caravans on the Turkman border.J.R. Patterson, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 June 2024
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According to the Weixin post, snakes native to North America like the Texas rat snake and the milk snake were discovered in the smuggler's trousers.Jasmine Baehr, Fox News, 12 July 2024
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The Guatemalan milk snake had much smaller hemiclitores, measuring 0.1 inches long and 0.06 inches wide, per the Times.Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Dec. 2022
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Cadden added that after speaking to a Game and Fish expert on reptiles, the slithery creature appeared to be a gopher snake, one of the most common nonvenomous snakes in Arizona.Rey Covarrubias Jr., The Arizona Republic, 16 May 2024
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Its tail is also wide and blunt, compared to the gopher snake’s thinner, more pointed one.Paighten Harkins, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 June 2022
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“Pine snake.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pine%20snake. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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