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Bull Snake

Pituophis catenifer sayi

Photo by ChrisSScully
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Field Notes

Notes:

Along Sheep Draw Trail in the Pumpkin Ridge Natural Area section, Greeley

Species ID Suggestions

Bullsnake

Pituophis catenifer sayi

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Mark Ridgway
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Comments (5)
HemaShah
here is one in a defence posture,mimicking a rattle snake. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/37886018
Mark Ridgway
Non-venemous but - "When threatened by anything as large as a human, a bullsnake's primary defense is to rear up and make itself look as large as possible. It typically then begins lunging and retreating at the same time in order to escape." - wiki
Mark Ridgway
Ha! Lucky you looked. They look like they would hurt a bit.
ChrisSScully
30-36 inch... Taken out the window of my work truck as I was doing trail maintenance... I saw it just as I was about to hop out...
Mark Ridgway
Impressive looking snake. What size would it be? (hard to tell from the pic) Is this the same?.... (Pituophis catenifer sayi) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullsnake
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PublishedMarch 8, 2014

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