Sonoran gopher snake

Sonoran Gopher Snake
Family: ColubridaePituophis cateniferPhoto © Animal-World: Courtesy David Brough
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Sonoran Gopher Snake
Relatives in same Genus
Pacific Gopher Snake (P. catenifer catanifer)
Great Basin Gopher Snake (P. catenifer deserticola)
Bullsnake (P. catenifer sayi)
Pine Snake (P. melanoleucus) ...

One sources refers to Pituophis catenifer affinis as the Sonoran Gopher Snake and Pituophis catenifer deserticola as the Great Basin Gopher Snake. Other subspecies of this genus are variously called pine snakes or bull snakes.

Pituophis catenifer affinis
Sonoran Gopher Snake
Pituophis catenifer catenifer
Pacific Gopher Snake ...

See also: Gopher Snake, Snake, Gopher, Burro, Reptile