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Like most animals, Great Basin gopher snakes are not dangerous unless provoked. When defending themselves from predators, they will elevate and inflate the body, and flatten the head into a triangular shape. Loud hissing noises will ensue, along with quick shaking of the tail, mimicking the sound of a deadly Great Basin rattlesnake. Unlike a ...
The Great basin rattlesnake was first formally named by Laurence Monroe Klauber in 1930 as a subspecies of Crotalus confluentus (now known as Crotalus viridis). [5] It is commonly considered a subspecies of Crotalus oreganus. [6] [4] The type locality is "10 miles northwest of Abraham on the Road to Joy, Millard County, Utah." [1]
Common names: Pacific gopher snake, coast gopher snake, western gopher snake [5] ().. Pituophis catenifer is a species of non-venomous colubrid snake endemic to North America.Nine subspecies are currently recognized, including the nominotypical subspecies, P. c. catenifer, described here. [6]
Pituophis is a genus of nonvenomous colubrid snakes, commonly referred to as gopher snakes, pine snakes, and bullsnakes, which are endemic to North America. Nomenclature [ edit ]
(Great Basin gopher snake) Pituophis catenifer deserticola: Least concern: Nonvenomous, but can be aggressive; adults reach 180 centimetres (71 in). [2] Gopher snake (Pacific gopher snake) Pituophis catenifer catenifer: Not evaluated: Night snake: Hypsiglena torquata: Least concern: Mildy venomous; adults usually less than 46 centimetres (18 in ...
Gopher snake (Pituophis catenifer) [252] P. c. deserticola; P. c. sayi ("bullsnake") Great Basin collared lizard (Crotaphytus bicinctores) [253] Great Basin rattlesnake (Crotalus oreganus lutosus or Crotalus lutosus) [254] Greater short-horned lizard / "Horny toad" (Phrynosoma hernandesi) [255] Hopi rattlesnake (Crotalus viridis nuntius) [256]
Great Basin National Park spans 77,000 acres of the much larger Great Basin, which stretches from Utah to California and up to Oregon.. The park boasts one of the highest points in Nevada, Wheeler ...
Northern Blacktail Rattlesnake; Prairie Rattlesnake (Crotalus viridis) Arizona ridge-nosed rattlesnake (Crotalus willardi willardi) Southwestern Blackhead Snake; Speckled Rattlesnake (Crotalus mitchelli) Western Coral snake (Micruroides euryxanthus) Western Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox) Western Shovelnose Snake; Twin-Spotted Rattlesnake