Public asked to report pinesnake sightings in Virginia

The last known sighting of the pinesnake (Pituophis melanoleucus) in Virginia was over 30 years ago.

The Virginia Tech Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation is collaborating with the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources and the U.S. Forest Service to collect data on the status of the nonvenomous pinesnake in Virginia.

https://vtx.vt.edu/content/vtx_vt_ed...cNhHsAaBdxArpo

Doesn't bode well for the species if they haven't been seen for 30 years. :(

Guess nobody looks around on Chincoteague. They are still there, just the Old Timers call them Rat snakes:O To be fair, Old Timers have four types of snakes on the Island, Black, Rat, Copper Head an Cotton Mouth (water snakes). Some of them only have two types:(