California's diverse landscapes host a rich variety of snakes, most of which are nonvenomous and crucial for ecosystem ...

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

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

HDOA has identified the 2-foot-long reptile as a non-venomous gopher snake. Additional checks on the Christmas trees and the container found no other snakes. “Although Plant Quarantine ...