Lily and Noah got to pet a small gopher snake.

They feed on small rodents, hence the common name gopher snake.

Young cape gopher snakes are aggressive and very easily agitated.

The Pacific gopher snake is observed to live twelve to fifteen years in the wild.

Still, the cape gopher snake has a reputation for being nervous when handled.

He goes on to "become friends" with a gopher snake, saying "We are compatible.

The glossy snake and its many subspecies are all similar in appearance to gopher snakes.

They knew I'd turned a dozen gopher snakes loose to eliminate the varmints under my lawn.

Rattlesnakes and gopher snakes may also be found.

A single cape gopher snake can exhibit wild color and pattern variations along the length of its body.

Like most animals, Great Basin gopher snakes are not dangerous unless provoked.

However, gopher snakes are nonvenomous, generally good natured, and not harmful to humans.

They also must defend their pups especially from predation by rattlesnakes and gopher snakes.

As aforementioned, there are 2 to 3 rows of spots on the side of the Pacific gopher snake.

However, they are smaller than gopher snakes, with narrow, pointed heads, and a variety of skin patterns and colors.

Rattlesnakes and Gopher snakes are also present.

Unlike a rattlesnake, however, the Great Basin gopher snake is nonvenomous.

It is currently considered a subspecies of the gopher snake (Pituophis catenifer).

A gopher snake peeked at them from beneath a clump of prickly pears, then disappeared.

The Pacific gopher snake has a base color ranging from yellow to dark brown and has a gray coloring on the sides of the body.

Gopher snakes, which sometimes imitate rattlesnakes when disturbed, are among the most common snakes in the park.

The Pacific gopher snake is carnivorous.

A scale count is required to distinguish juvenile bullsnakes from juvenile gopher snakes.

Most information gathered about the location of cape gopher snakes is anecdotal, but the area in which they range is incredibly diverse.

The cape gopher snake is named after the location of its natural habitat, the Baja California Peninsula.