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Gopher Snake
Pituophis catenifer affinis - Sonoran Gopher Snake

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  Adult, Presidio County, Texas  
   
  Adult, Brewster County, Texas  
Habitat
 
Habitat, Presidio County, Texas


Habitat, Presidio County, Texas  
Short Videos
A huge Sonoran Gophersnake puts on an impressive defensive display of hissing and blowing.
Gopher snakes in the wild often take a defensive stance when threatened; they hiss, rear up, and sometimes even strike at the threat in order to protect themselves from harm. In this video, a newly-hatched juvenile Sonoran Gopher Snake trying to cross a road at night is threatened by the bright light and the video camera stuck in its face so it hisses loudly and strikes at the camera before crawling away.








A Sonoran Gophersnake races across a road just after sunset.



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