Kauaʻi record · KBA-HERP-0034
Gopher Snake
Pituophis catenifer
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Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Pituophis catenifer
- Common names
- Gopher Snake
- Family
- Colubridae
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Historic
- Origin
- Introduced
- Conservation status
- Not assessed for Kauaʻi
- Evidence limits
- Single/limited incident evidence supports occurrence of an individual, not population establishment.
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- No established Kauaʻi habitat association; record represents a bounded detection or incident.
- Food and resource needs
- Species-wide biological needs may inform risk, but are not evidence of Kauaʻi establishment.
- Reproduction
- No Kauaʻi reproduction documented.
- Shelter
- Not applicable to an established Kauaʻi population.
Threats and conservation
- Threats
- Potential predator if established; one injured animal was documented in 2003.
- Conservation actions
- Maintain biosecurity reporting and rapid response; do not treat a single incident as evidence of an established population.
- Monitoring
- Retain incident provenance and continue surveillance for repeat detections or evidence of reproduction.
- Data gaps
- No evidence of an established population; pathway of arrival and repeat-detection risk remain incompletely known.
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal timing
- Event-based
- Seasonal description
- Gopher Snake (Pituophis catenifer) is retained as a verified Kauaʻi biosecurity incident/detection, not as an established population.