I have asked in a couple forums. I was wondering if gophers are related to corn? I was just given a gopher and it looks a lot like my corn snakes. Although the temperment is different. This snake hisses the whole time it is held. I am thinking wild caught? Was just curious
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gophers related to...?
xblackheart
Feb 03, 2006 12:32 AM
Replies (2)
tspuckler
Feb 03, 2006 07:42 AM
Gophers and corns are both colubrids - so are kingsnakes, garter snakes, mud snakes, ringnecks, green snakes, hognose snakes, racers, etc.
Gophers and corns are of a different genus and different species. "Related" is a relative term.
Tim
Third Eye
justinian2120
Feb 03, 2006 05:26 PM
like tim said,yes,they are both colubrids....and to take it one step further,they are not only from the same family,but also the same sub-family-lampropeltinae(kings,milks,rats,and pine/goper/bulls)....but that i would say really isn't why you see similarities in their pattern;that's more a result of that pattern working for them in an evolutionary sense(e.g. camouflage)...that snake is just as closely related to a neatly striped black and white california king snake,as to the corn you mentioned.
