Pacific Gopher Snake (Pituophis c. catenifer), family Colubridae, Joshua Tree National Park, CA, USA

photograph by Carmen Aurrecoechea | NPS

day off from tour in NorCal.

Pacific Gopher Snake (Pituophis catenifer catenifer)

Sparky, along with everybody else, got weighed yesterday and is growing well! Instead of being a moody sass-pot as per usual, we actually got a very chilled out lady using the scale as a pillow like a cutie patootie! 🤭

[id: A close-up photo of a tan & yellow snake with black marking, white underside, and brown eyed Gopher Snake resting her head cutely on the slope of a scale on weigh-day]

Sonoran gopher snake By: Chris Mattison From: A Practical Guide to Exotic Pets 1994

She was using her shell as a pillow 🥺

An Ichigo Appreciation post, because it’s overdue.

Lil baby snake in the garage. My dad sent me this photo. Electricians were there doing some maintenance. The snake was scared at first and lunged at one of the electrician’s boots but calmed down for the rest of the time. One of the electricians named it Sssuzy.

I zoomed in on the photo and I think the snake’s pupils were round, which the snake website I visited said means it’s a gopher snake (and probably more active during the day). I wonder how close the first people who identified it got.

I hope the little guy has a nice warm winter nap!

Pituophis Catenifer Affinis

Snake Swag Round 1A

Say hello to two of North America's largest colubrids! The gopher snake (Pituophis catenifer) can be found from northern Mexico, to the central and western US, and up through southwestern Canada. They are known among snake lovers as very sassy snakes, and when they feel threatened (or grumpy!), gopher snakes may flatten their heads, make loud hissing noises, shake and buzz their tails, or even bluff strike ('strike' at a threat with their mouth closed). Eastern indigo snakes (Drymarchon couperi) are typically found in the southern US, in Florida and Georgia, however after intensive reintroduction efforts started after the Alabama population was completely eradicated, a wild eastern indigo was spotted in Alabama just last year! This marks the second time an eastern indigo was found in Alabama in 60 years, but because of their extremely shy, elusive nature, conservationists say that these two sightings mean there is a thriving population of eastern indigos that are simply keeping out of sight. Gopher snakes can grow up to 7 feet long, while a record eastern indigo was found at 8.5 feet!

Sonoran Gopher Snake (Pituophis catenifer affinis), family Colubridae, Arizona, USA

photograph by Sue Snyder Tessmann

Making new friends! Relocating a wild Pituophis catenifer due to a controlled bush fire

Bullsnake By: Chris Mattison From: A Practical Guide to Exotic Pets 1994

The snakes are being extra goofy today

Fatty of a Bull Snake.

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A brief Pituophis appreciation post ❤️