Rattlesnakes & gopher snakes: How to tell them apart
By Gary Bogue
Thursday, May 13th, 2010 at 6:59 am in Gopher snake, Rattlesnake, Snakes.
Poisonous Western rattlesnake (Brian Murphy/Walnut Creek, CA)
Spring has sprung and many cold blooded reptiles are now crawling out and about. In case you can’t tell the difference between rattlesnakes and gopher snakes, you and any other family members, especially children, should check out and compare these photographs of the two reptiles. /Gary
Harmless Pacific gopher snake (Brian Murphy/Walnut Creek, CA)
Gopher snakes are harmless and non-poisonous. Rattlesnakes are poisonous.
Poisonous Western rattlesnake (Brian Murphy/Walnut Creek, CA)
Harmless Pacific gopher snake (Clinton Collier/Concord, CA)
Poisonous Western rattlesnake (Brian Murphy/Walnut Creek, CA)
Harmless Pacific gopher snake (Clinton Collier/Concord, CA)
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May 13th, 2010 at 8:06 am
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August 21st, 2010 at 7:54 am
Very helpful as I had one in my driveway (actually there are a lot on the ranch this year. Wasn’t sure but after looking at your pics it was a golpher snake.