Yellowstone National Park is home to 11 species of reptiles and amphibians. Snakes make up nearly half of that number, with ...

SPOKANE, Wash. – A man was bitten by a gopher snake on the Centennial Trail after stepping on it.

The key differences to keep are the gopher snake’s glossy skin and more slender head and body. Unlike rattlesnakes, gopher snakes are not venomous. EBRPD’s Mason said that like all reptiles, ...

If you stumble upon a snake, the best thing to do is back away and leave it alone, especially because the rattlesnakes in our state have a close look-alike, the Gopher Snake. "The most common ones ...

The reptile, later confirmed to be a non-venomous gopher snake, is now in the custody of the Hawaii Department of Agriculture State of Hawaii Department of ...

So when a gopher snake was discovered Saturday in a shipment of Christmas trees being unloaded at a store in Hilo, it sounded alarm bells. “Store staff unloaded about half the container before ...

The reptile had found a hiding spot under a golf cart, and when McMurrin peeked under the vehicle and saw the animal, it looked like a common gopher snake. She quickly planned her next move.