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Bullsnake
Bull (gopher)
snake (
Pituophis melanoleucus ssp. affinis)—a large, 4 to 8 feet, tan snake with darker brown blotches on the back. This snake often suffers from mistaken identity by people anxious to see a rattlesnake in every snake. Frequents deserts, prairie, brushland, woodland, coniferous forests, and farmland. It is active chiefly by day except in hot weather.