I later saw the snake (I'm pretty sure it was the same one) coiled around what looked like a rabbit. The snake had some reddish, brown and tan markings, and at first glance it looked a lot like a rattlesnake. The snake was at least seven feet long because it was crawling across my rock wall and I later went out and measured the area that it was crawling across. I am trying to identify a large snake that I saw in my back yard. I have gotten as close as a few inches from a large gopher snake and taken some amazing pictures. They can be a little startling since they will climb, sometimes surprising people to see one scaling the railing on their deck. If it is there, it means that there is food for the snake that can include pests like pack rats or other rodents that can carry Hantavirus or plague in the southwest.Īs for the danger level of these snakes, I find they are of little to no risk.
I would leave the gopher snake alone and be happy that it is there. They can grow to a little over eight feet long, and they are often mistaken for rattlesnakes because of the similar coloring, habitat, and squares on their back that are mistaken for diamonds when the snake is not stretched straight. Coachwhips are not constrictors either, but gopher snakes are. They are not venomous or harmful at all, and for the most part, they are docile. Is there any way we can get rid of this snake? -KenĪre red racers and black racers from the same family of Valleyfiah- It sounds like you have a large gopher snake as a pet. Description: A slender black snake measuring 36-60 inches. We also have a house cat and are concerned for his safety. Distribution: Locally sparse through southeastern NH. We have a red racer in our yard and would rather he weren't there. The blue racer snake, Coluber constrictor foxii, is one of eleven recognized subspecies of the Coluber constrictor, the eastern racer snake, known to be endemic to North America and Central America.
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