Peer Review Plan for the Draft Species Status Assessment Report of the Louisiana Pinesnake (Pituophis ruthveni)

This is a plan for how we intend to peer review the Draft Species Status Assessment Report for the Louisiana Pinesnake (Pituophis ruthveni).

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Mr. Snake, a Louisiana pinesnake that helps the U.S. Forest Service with education and outreach, laying in pine straw July 11, 2022.

The Louisiana pinesnake (Pitouphis ruthveni) is an egg-laying, non-venomous constrictor of western and central Louisiana and eastern Texas. It spends most of its time underground in the burrows of Baird’s pocket gophers which are an essential part of its habitat. We listed the Louisiana...

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