5. Black Pine Snake The black pine snake (Pituophis melanoleucus lodingi) is native to the pine forests of southern Mississippi, Alabama and parts of Louisiana.As the name suggests, black pine ...

The black pinesnake’s southeastern longleaf pine forests have been reduced to less than 5% of their historic extent because of agriculture and pine plantations, fire suppression and urbanization.

Louisiana pinesnakes are one of roughly 30 protected endangered and threatened species that require longleaf pine forests, including red-cockaded ... the Service failed to protect any of the snake’s ...