Gopher Snake

[Bamps]

Gopher Snake, (either a Sonoran or Great Basin)

 

[JacaRanda]

Nice shot. I am no expert, but I thought most snakes with heads slighty larger than the neck are most likely poisonous. That thing looks dangerous too me.

Looks like someone or something is holding it off the ground. Any chance you have a wider shot?

http://www.californiaherps.com/snakes/pages/p.c.affinis.html

Says it's easy to mistake the gopher from rattlesnakes. Which kinda creeps me out even more.

Well I am totally wrong. This one has the same shaped head.

http://www.californiaherps.com/snakes/images/gbgopherbrada.jpg

 

[Mangelo]

SSSSweet , love the faces on them , cool shot!

 

[Bamps]

Nice shot. I am no expert, but I thought most snakes with heads slighty larger than the neck are most likely poisonous. That thing looks dangerous too me.

Looks like someone or something is holding it off the ground. Any chance you have a wider shot?

Sonoran Gopher Snake - Pituophis catenifer affinis

Says it's easy to mistake the gopher from rattlesnakes. Which kinda creeps me out even more.

Thanks ! This was a gopher for sure, I just am not sure if it was a Sonoran or Great Basin. I took this while on a desert dirt trail, it is moving and it's tongue is a sensor device. We have rattlesnakes here all the time, their buzz is very distinct, but rather they are venomous or not I don't handle them and try to shoot the pic and leave them alone as much as possible.

 

[Bamps]

The gopher snake Same snake

 

[Raj_55555]

Wow! It's a real nice shot, the snake is so clean as if it just took a bath.. I would love to see more of these

 

[dolina]

I got a good fright there. Good going Bamps.

 

[TheNevadanStig]

Not a great basin. Great basins are much more brown than white, and tend to have slimmer faces.

And Jac, gopher snakes have evolved to look a lot like rattlesnakes to avoid predators. But if you ever bump into them at close distances enough times, it gets pretty easy to distinguish the two. A rattlesnake has a much larger head, specially in proportion to the neck. Also, rattlesnakes have "cat eyes" as in vertically slit pupils. Round pupils usually means non-venomous.
Interestingly, both gopher and king snakes will shake their tales in leaves and twigs to imitate a rattler if they feel threatened.

 

[Bamps]

Not a great basin. Great basins are much more brown than white, and tend to have slimmer faces.

And Jac, gopher snakes have evolved to look a lot like rattlesnakes to avoid predators. But if you ever bump into them at close distances enough times, it gets pretty easy to distinguish the two. A rattlesnake has a much larger head, specially in proportion to the neck. Also, rattlesnakes have "cat eyes" as in vertically slit pupils. Round pupils usually means non-venomous.
Interestingly, both gopher and king snakes will shake their tales in leaves and twigs to imitate a rattler if they feel threatened.

To see the difference that NevadanStig is talking about, see my other snake pics
http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/nature-wildlife/360989-ain-t-he-cutie.html

 

[AlanKlein117 6]

Not a great basin. Great basins are much more brown than white, and tend to have slimmer faces.

And Jac, gopher snakes have evolved to look a lot like rattlesnakes to avoid predators. But if you ever bump into them at close distances enough times, it gets pretty easy to distinguish the two. A rattlesnake has a much larger head, specially in proportion to the neck. Also, rattlesnakes have "cat eyes" as in vertically slit pupils. Round pupils usually means non-venomous.
Interestingly, both gopher and king snakes will shake their tales in leaves and twigs to imitate a rattler if they feel threatened.

So which are "snake eyes"?