Louisiana pinesnake basking

Photo By/Credit

Photo/USFWS

Date Shot/Created
04/13/2011
Media Usage Rights/License
Public Domain
Image
A threatened Louisiana pinesnake (Pituophis ruthveni) basks atop bed of pine needles. This snake occurs in West Louisiana and East Texas in longleaf pine savannah, a habitat that was mostly reduced by the 1930s.
Ecosystem
Forest
Subject tags
Endangered and/or Threatened species
Habitat conservation
Habitat fragmentation
Human impacts
Reptiles