Reports and References

for Pituophis catenifer deserticola (Gophersnake, deserticola subspecies)

Reports from BC Conservation Data Centre

BC Species Summary

 

BC Conservation Status Report

 
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Reports from Other Databases

E-Fauna BC: Electronic Atlas of the Wildlife of British Columbia

 

Environment Canada's Species at Risk Website

 

Global Comprehensive Report (NatureServe Explorer)

Status Report

COSEWIC. 2002h. COSEWIC assessment and status report on the Gophersnake Pituophis catenifer in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. vii + 33 pp.

 

COSEWIC. 2013l. COSEWIC assessment and status report on the Great Basin Gophersnake Pituophis catenifer deserticola in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. xii + 53 pp.

 

Shewchuk, C.H., and H.L. Waye. 1995a. Status report for the gopher snake in British Columbia. Unpubl. rep., B.C. Minist. Environ., Lands and Parks, Wildl. Branch, Victoria.

Identified Wildlife Species Account

British Columbia Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection. 2004. Accounts and Measures for Managing Identified Wildlife. Version 2004. Biodiversity Branch, Identified Wildlife Management Strategy, Victoria, B.C.

Recovery and Management Plans

B.C. Ministry of Environment. Recovery Planning in BC. B.C. Minist. Environ. Victoria, BC.

 

Environment and Climate Change Canada. 2017l. Recovery Strategy for the Western Rattlesnake (Crotalus oreganus), the Great Basin Gophersnake (Pituophis catenifer deserticola) and the Desert Nightsnake (Hypsiglena chlorophaea) in Canada [Proposed]. Species at Risk Act Recovery Strategy Series. Environment and Climate Change Canada, Ottawa. Part 1, 28 pp., Part 2, A. 37 pp., B. 36 pp., C. 28 pp.

 

Environment and Climate Change Canada. 2019e. Recovery Strategy for the Western Rattlesnake (Crotalus oreganus), the Great Basin Gophersnake (Pituophis catenifer deserticola) and the Desert Nightsnake (Hypsiglena chlorophaea) in Canada. Species at Risk Act Recovery Strategy Series. Environment and Climate Change Canada, Ottawa. Part 1, 28 pp., Part 2, A. 37 pp., B. 36 pp., C. 28 pp.

 

Southern Interior Reptile and Amphibian Recovery Team. 2008. Recovery strategy for the Gopher Snake, deserticola subspecies (Pituophis catenifer deserticola) in British Columbia. Prepared for the B.C. Ministry of Environment, Victoria, BC. 20 pp.

 

Southern Interior Reptile and Amphibian Working Group. 2016c. Recovery plan for the Gopher Snake, deserticola subspecies (Pituophis catenifer deserticola) in British Columbia. Prepared for the B.C. Ministry of Environment, Victoria, BC. 36 pp.

Best Management Practices

Ovaska, K, S. Lennart, C Engelstoft, L. Matthias, E. Wind and J. MacGarvie. 2004. Best Management Practices for Amphibians and Reptiles in Urban and Rural Environments in British Columbia. Ministry of Water Land and Air Protection, Ecosystems Standards and Planning, Biodiversity Branch

Other Related References

1998. Gopher Snake, B.C. Minist. Environ., Lands and Parks, Wildl. Branch. 2pp.

 

Crother, B. I., J. Boundy, J. A. Campbell, K. de Queiroz, D. R. Frost, R. Highton, J. B. Iverson, P. A. Meylan, T. W. Reeder, M. E. Seidel, J. W. Sites, Jr., T. W. Taggart, S. G. Tilley, and D. B. Wake. 2000. Scientific and standard English names of amphibians and reptiles of North America north of Mexico, with comments regarding confidence in our understanding. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, Herpetological Circular No. 29. 82 pp.

 

Gregory, P.T., and R.W. Campbell. 1984. The Reptiles of British Columbia. Royal B.C. Mus. Handb. 102pp.

 

Orchard, S.A. 1988. Species Notes for Reptiles. Vol. 3 in A.P. Harcombe, tech. ed. 1988. B.C. Minist. Environ., Lands and Parks, Wildl. Branch. 44pp.

 

The Reptiles of British Columbia: Great Basin Gopher Snake, Pituophis catenifer deserticola. 2004. Univ. Coll. of the Cariboo, and B.C. Minist. Water, Land and Air Prot. Online. Available: http://www.bcreptiles.ca/snakes/grtbasingopher.htm

 

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