- Where to see one
- 5 U.S. zoos in our directory hold florida pine snake, confirmed against each zoo's own animal list.
Conservation status
Not Evaluated
This species has not been assessed for the IUCN Red List, so it sits outside the threat scale entirely.
About the florida pine snake
The Florida pine snake is a heavy-bodied, non-venomous subspecies of pine snake endemic to the Coastal Plain of the southeastern United States, found in Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina and Florida. Adults average 48 to 66 inches long and have dark brown or rust blotches on a tan or cream background. It lives in sandy pinelands, scrub and old fields, and uses gopher tortoise burrows as refuge. A powerful constrictor, it feeds mainly on rodents and rabbits, digging for them with its snout. When threatened it coils, hisses loudly and shakes its tail in dry leaves to make a rattling sound.
Florida Pine Snake facts
- The longest recorded individual measured 90 inches.
- Its loud hiss is made by air passing over a flap of tissue in the partly open mouth.
- Hatchlings average 15 inches long, larger than most snake hatchlings.
- It was discovered by Thomas Barbour in 1921.
Where to see florida pine snake in the U.S.
5 zoos across 2 states
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