Louisiana Pine Snake

Conservation Efforts

This species has seen widespread declines throughout its range over the past century as much of its longleaf pine habitat has been logged and replaced with disturbed habitat. Remaining populations are heavily fragmented, with just a few isolated locations left.

Together with Memphis Zoo, Fort Worth Zoo and Ellen Trout Zoo, Audubon Zoo is working to reproduce this species at the zoo, with zoo-hatched offspring released in the Kisatchie National Forest in western Louisiana as part of collaborative conservation and recovery program with the US Forestry Service and US Fish and Wildlife Service to restore historical populations of this imperiled species. To date, Audubon Zoo has hatched more than 110 Louisiana Pine Snakes as part of this conservation program.

Animal Facts

Due to widespread population declines, the Louisiana Pine Snake is now believed to be the rarest snake in North America.

Size: Adults can reach up to six feet in total length.

Typical Lifespan: Louisiana Pine Snakes can live for 25 years or more.

Range

Longleaf pine habitat in western Louisiana and eastern Texas.

Animal Facts

Range

Lives at Audubon Zoo

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