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New snake

noromew

noromew

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This is my sisters new snake that her dad caught and gave her.
 

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That looks to be a Gopher, hmmm.. If your Father caught this snake near San Mateo this would make this a Pacific Gopher snake, Pituophis catenifer catenifer.
They are great snakes and make great pets. I own 2 males myself.

Also, if you are keeping this snake on sand. have your pop move it to Aspen and keep this snake like your corn. You should be fine.
Remember, this snake will be a small to medium size rat eater when it is fully grown. :)
 
Well I was under the impression that they were just different names for the same thing. I've never heard anyone up here call them "gopher snakes", only bull snakes. I figured it was just the region's preference. PotAYto, PotAto? Or am I completely mistaken?
 
When I had my first snake (I was like 6 years old maybe) it was the same kind.. I think it was my cub scout leader that caught it for me.. He called it a bull snake too, but Trickster is quite right, though they are related, they aren't bulls. Completely mistaken yes, though commonly some people do call them that.. I've also heard people call them pine snakes and I've even seen (older) books that say that pines bulls and gophers are the same thing.
 
It is on sand i told them to put it on aspen but right now it doesnt want to be picked up it hisses every time you would try since its in shed
 
Jadie.Glitch said:
Well I was under the impression that they were just different names for the same thing. I've never heard anyone up here call them "gopher snakes", only bull snakes. I figured it was just the region's preference. PotAYto, PotAto? Or am I completely mistaken?
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nope mistaken, different subspecies all together.
Pituophis catenifer catenifer is the pacific Gopher (west side of the Rockies)
Pituophis catenifer sayi is the Bull Snake

Bulls are typically found on the East side of the Rockies.
While Gophers are more South west US and the West of the Rockies.
Now Pines are again East of the Appalachians and South East US.

This is more or less a pretty good rule of thumb when trying to figure out what you have. But Pines, and Gophers can be in the same areas as Bulls since Bulls are one of the most wide spread species in the US.
Now Wiki says that they are located in Oregon but typically Wiki is full of crap. I believe they are clumping All Catenifer's together.

Here is a pretty good list from From Dr. Tom Titus, University of Oregon.
http://www.uoregon.edu/~titus/herp/checklist.html

Map and information here.
http://www.uoregon.edu/~titus/herp/catenifer.html
 
Yep it won't change after that skin comes off either. Not trying to scare you, just letting you know what you're in for..
 
See, I was told that this type of snake was a Sonoran Bullsnake and that mine was a regular bullsnake... I feel so lied to!! Lolz.

I always hated the name "gopher snake" but gopher snake it is then.
 
Hmm, now I'm really confused 'cause mine loo... hold on, I'm hijacking. I'll be posting a new thread later :p.
 
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