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Species ID Suggestions

Great Basin Gopher Snake

Pituophis catenifer deserticola

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AshleyT
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Comments (4)
WyattErwin
Don't know the specific species but appears to be a gopher snake of some kind, so the Pituophis genus.
Aaron_G
I second the gopher snake ID. Looks like an aberrant Pituophis to me.
MitchRay
Best guess would be a Great Basin Gopher Snake, but I don't have my Western Herps guide with me.

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