Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Sonoran Gopher Snake


I must interrupt the current topic of lizards to bring you someone else who loves lizards. I took this photo yesterday of a Sonoran Gopher or Bull Snake. This is the largest of the snakes found in Arizona. He can be nine feet long and the diameter of a coffee cup. We had one that large the first couple of years we were here. Then one day found him dead. This one is about six feet long. He was drinking water from a small cement drinking pool that we have. You can see what a beautiful pattern he has from the second photo.

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