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The bullsnake (Pituophis catenifer sayi) occurs throughout the Great Plains and parts of the Midwestern United States, ranging from southern Saskatchewan, and Alberta, Canada south, into Nuevo León and Tamaulipas, Mexico.
8 kwi 2023 · Bullsnakes in New Mexico are heavy-bodied snakes that rely on their musculature to constrict prey to death. They’re among the largest native snakes in North America. The largest bullsnakes grow up to eight feet long and weigh nearly ten pounds.
Discover the diverse snake species in New Mexico, including rattlesnakes, garter snakes, and bullsnakes. Learn how to identify venomous snakes, symptoms of snakebite, and first aid. Explore non-venomous snakes, their habitats, behavior, and tips for preventing snake encounters.
Of the 46 snake species found in New Mexico, only 8 are poisonous and potentially dangerous. These include 7 rattlesnake species and a coral snake. Some snakes can benefit the yard and garden. Snakes are one of nature’s most efficient mousetraps, killing and eating a variety of rodent pests.
Pituophis catenifer deserticola, commonly known by its standardized English name since the 1950s, the Great Basin gophersnake, [1][2][3] is a subspecies of non venomous colubrid snake ranging in parts of western United States and adjacent southwestern Canada. [4][5]
The only species we have in New Mexico is Pituophis catenefir Gopher Snake. We have three subspecies in the state and they all intergrade. The easiest way to tell them apart is by range. Here is a range map from Calfornia Herps: Here it is cropped to only New Mexico.
Green Rat Snake. Sonora semiannulata. Western Ground Snake. Tantilla hobartsmithi. Smith's Black-Headed Snake. Tantilla nigriceps.
