Bullsnake (Pituophis catinefer sayi)
Description The bullsnake is a heavy-bodied snake that ranges from three to five feet in length. They are overall beige to light brown with dark brown or black blotches.
Bullsnake Species Profile
Bullsnake Stats
Scientific Name: Pituophis catenifer sayi
Family: Colubridae
Adult Size: Adults of this hefty snake differ in size populationally. Some may be adult at 3 to 4 feet.
Bullsnake
Relatives in same Genus
Sonoran Gopher Snake (P. catenifer affinis)
Pacific Gopher Snake (P. catenifer catanifer)
Great Basin Gopher Snake (P. catenifer deserticola)
Pine Snake (P. melanoleucus) ...
Bullsnake
Pituophis catenifer sayi
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Status The bullsnake is listed as a species of Special Concern in Minnesota. Description The bullsnake is largest species of snake in Minnesota.
Bullsnake Behaviour
No observations regarding Bullsnake behavior have been submitted to the database yet.
Interesting Facts about Bullsnakes ...
Bullsnake (Pituophis catenifer sayi)
Description
Habitats
Habits and Life History
Prey and Hunting Techniques ...
Bullsnakes live along the western part of the state in sand prairies, oak savannas and in pine and oak barrens. They feed primarily on small mammals and do a good job of controlling pocket gopher populations.
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Bullsnake
Sighting:
Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park, Park County, Wyoming ...
Bullsnakes are most common along the Mississippi and Wisconsin rivers and their tributaries, but also range into northwestern Wisconsin. More field work is needed to determine the extent of the range in northwestern Wisconsin.
The Bullsnake (Pituophis melanoleucus sayi) will rapidly vibrate its tail in dry vegetation to mimic or imitate
the sound of a rattlesnake's rattle to avoid dangerous encounters with animals and humans alike.
Gopher Snake/
Bullsnake
(Pituophis catenifer)
Family Colubridae
Photo from Hammerson, 1986.
Used with permission. Listed as conspecific with Pituophis melanoleucus (Pine Snake) in some publications.
Genus Pituophis (bullsnakes, gopher snakes, and pine snakes)
Species Pituophis melanoleucus (pine snake)
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The bullsnake as a natural enemy of injurious rodents. J. Mamm., 7:200-205. Hoffmann, R. S., and J. K. Jones, Jr. 1970. Influence of late-glacial and post-glacial events on the distribution of Recent mammals on the northern Great Plains. Pp.
Terrestrial predators include coyotes, badgers, lynx, black-footed ferrets, rattlesnakes, and bullsnakes. Avian predators include prairie falcons, golden eagles, and a variety of hawks.
Snakes such as bullsnakes (Pituophis catenifer), rat snakes (Elaphe spp.) and garter snakes (Thamnophis spp.) have been reported eating eastern towhee eggs.
Subspecies: There has been as many as five subspecies recognized: the Sonoran Gophersnake (P. c. affinis); the San Diego Gophersnake (P. c. annectens); the Bullsnake (P. c. sayi); the Los Coronados Island Gophersnake (P. c. coronalis); ...
Even more recently, an alternate view has proposed combining all the ratsnakes and the bullsnakes together in the genus Pituophis. Further study will clarify classification.
Gopher Snake (Pituophis melanoleucus )
Other common name: bullsnake
Víbora Roedor - en Español
Species Code: PIME ...
A roadrunner life does have its dangers. Roadrunners are occasionally preyed upon by hawks, house cats, raccoons, rat snakes, bullsnakes, skunks, and, coyotes eat nestlings and eggs. During the winter months, many succumb to freezing, icy weather.
The Florida pine snake is very similar to the Louisiana pine snake, the northern pine snake and the black pine, they are all subspecies of the same genus and species. They are also very closely related to the bullsnake.
Wild Status: ...
However, drift fences may under sample a few species which are strong climbers (tree frogs) or which have very small home ranges (Kirtland¹s snake). Large active snakes such as racers and bullsnakes may also be able to frequently evade drift fences.
 See also: Snake, Rattlesnake, Racer, Reptile, Gopher
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