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Pituophis catenifer sayi. — Collins, 1997. The bullsnake (Pituophis catenifer sayi) is a large, nonvenomous, colubrid snake. It is a subspecies of the gopher snake (Pituophis catenifer). The bullsnake is one of the largest/longest snakes of North America and the United States, reaching lengths up to 8 ft.
In all snakes of the genus Pituophis, the epiglottis is peculiarly modified so that it is thin, erect and flexible. When a stream of air is forced from the trachea, the epiglottis vibrates, thereby producing the peculiarly loud, hoarse hissing for which bullsnakes, gopher snakes and pine snakes are well known.
The western yellow-bellied racer (Coluber constrictor mormon), [1] also known as the western yellowbelly racer[2] or western racer, [1] is a snake subspecies endemic to the Western United States, including California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, Montana and Colorado. [3][4] It is a subspecies of the eastern racer.
Masticophis flagellum. — Collins & Taggart, 2009. Masticophis flagellum is a species of nonvenomous colubrid snake, commonly referred to as the coachwhip or the whip snake, which is endemic to the United States and Mexico. Six subspecies are recognized, including the nominotypical subspecies.
These snakes can usually reach 36 inches. The Western Massasauga. The western massasauga is the smallest rattlesnake in Kansas and has been spotted in every county surrounding Sedgwick. It is ...
MEAD GRUVER and KENDRIA LaFLEUR. July 16, 2024 at 6:55 PM. FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — They creep, slither and slide over and around each other by the dozen and now there's a webcam so that ...
August 31, 2024 at 4:31 PM. A rattlesnake mega-den in Colorado is about to welcome some new members to the family, as pregnant Prairie Rattlesnakes are starting to give birth. The public can get a ...
Trinomial name. Pituophis catenifer deserticola. Stejneger, 1893. Pituophis catenifer deserticola, commonly known by its standardized English name since the 1950s, the Great Basin gophersnake, [1][2][3] is a subspecies of non venomous colubrid snake ranging in parts of western United States and adjacent southwestern Canada. [4][5]