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Gopher Snake/
Bullsnake
(Pituophis catenifer)

Listed as conspecific with Pituophis melanoleucus (Pine Snake) in some publications.

Last Updated on January 20, 2000.

Gopher Snake (Pituophis catenifer)

Description:: Adults 36" to 100" in length. Color light brown, buff, cream, or yellowish, with row of black, brown, or reddish-brown blotches. Moderately stout body, with keeled scales. Single anal plate.

Subspecies in Colorado:: Pituophis catenifer sayi (Bullsnake) in eastern Colorado;
Pituophis catenifer deserticola (Gopher snake) in western Colorado.

County	Ref.	County	Ref.	County	Ref.	County	Ref.
Gopher Snake (Pituophis catenifer)
Adams	H	Dolores	H	La Plata	H	Pitkin	H
Alamosa	H	Douglas	H	Lake		Prowers	H
Arapahoe	H	Eagle	H	Larimer	H	Pueblo	H
Archuleta	H	El Paso	H	Las Animas	H	Rio Blanco	H
Baca	H	Elbert	H	Lincoln	H	Rio Grande	*
Bent	H	Fremont	H	Logan	H	Routt	JJR3
Boulder	H	Garfield	H	Mesa	H	Saguache	H
Chaffee	H	Gilpin		Mineral	*	San Juan	*
Cheyenne	H	Grand	GPH2	Moffat	H	San Miguel	H
Clear Creek		Gunnison	H	Montezuma	H	Sedgwick	H
Conejos	H	Hinsdale	*	Montrose	H	Summit
Costilla	H	Huerfano	H	Morgan	H	Teller	*
Crowley	H	Jackson		Otero	H	Washington	H
Custer	H	Jefferson	H	Ouray	HMS4	Weld	H
Delta	H	Kiowa	H	Park		Yuma	H
Denver	H	Kit Carson	H	Phillips	H

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