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Bull Snake

Pituophis catenifer sayi

Notes:

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

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5 Comments

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 10 years ago

here is one in a defence posture,mimicking a rattle snake.
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/378...

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 10 years ago

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
Mark Ridgway 10 years ago

Ha! Lucky you looked. They look like they would hurt a bit.

ChrisSScully
ChrisSScully 10 years ago

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
Mark Ridgway 10 years ago

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

ChrisSScully
Spotted by
ChrisSScully

Colorado, USA

Spotted on Jun 4, 2011
Submitted on Mar 8, 2014

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