Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Bull Snake


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Bull snakes the length often exceeds 8 feet (2.4 m), and bull snake's specimens even up to 100 inches (254 cm) have been recorded. This makes them among the largest US snakes, although generally not as long as indigo snakes or as big around as rattlesnakes. Bull snakes usually have yellow color, with brown, and also black or sometimes reddish colored blotching. The blotching pattern is as follows: fat blotches on top, three sets of spots on the sides, and bands of black on the tail. Many color variations have been found, including albinos and white varieties. You must do a scale count to distinguish juvenile bull and gopher snakes.

Bull snake or (Pituophis catenifer sayi) is a large non-venomous colubrid snake. Bull snake was widespread in the central part of the United States, northern Mexico, and Canada. It is a subspecies of the Gopher Snake or (Pituophis catenifer). The epithet say is in honor of zoologist Thomas Say.

Bull snakes are not poisonous snakes so this type of snake can't harm our soul. but we must still be careful because all snakes can bite.


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