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I picked guy up off a highway in AZ near Tucson almost 2 years ago. Was down there for 3 weeks doing some field herping, and of the 2-3 years I spent on and off visiting, he's the only snake I brought home(and yes, I did spend the 112 bucks on the permit each time, so it was legal. LOL). He was just too cute to pass up. Had maybe one shed under his belt at the time.
Shortly after picking him up.
Today
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Brienne Earnst
Keeping mostly Morelia and Elaphe ssp.
Wow, that snake is incredible!! I love his pattern and colors!!!
Very cool to see a baby pic and then the adult ones to compare and contrast.
Awesome find there my friend!
Billy
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Genesis 1:1
Hi Brienne
Nice find! I also found a sonoran while herping in Sta Cruz County, AZ. I was a nice clean animal and almost looked hypo. Not to mention it was the most docile wild Pituophis I have ever found. I kept it overnight for morning pics the let it go at the same area it was found going out of the park. Here's a pic.
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Jonel M. Lopez 
www.spsnakes.com
Nice one, Sonorans are so awesome.
That is a beautiful snake! 3 weeks and only 1 snake? What time of year were you herping southern AZ? Sonorans are the only Gopher ssp. native to California's mainland (I live in SoCal = SD Gopher territory)that I have never found in the wild or kept. I have a WC Great Basin and a WC Pacific. How long is he now after 2 years? Hope to get me a Sonoran next year. I love how they're so variable in pattern depending on the locale. I've seen the ones w/ brown blotches and a tan base like yours, and the yellower ones like the one J. Lopez's pic.
reako45
This is my 8 Y.O. Son with a 4' wild Sonoran Gopher.
He (the snake) is calm like my corns. I have normal and albinos, all real easy to work with.
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1.1 Albino Sonoran Gopher
2.0 W.C. Sonoran Gopher
2.2 Leucistic Texas ratsnake
2.3 W.C Okeetee Corn
1.1 Abbt line Okeetee Corn
1.2 W.C Miami Phase Corn
1.1 Sinaloan Milk
1.0 Orange Pueblian Milk
1.1 W.C Mexican Black King
0.2 C.B Mexican Black King
2.0 W.C Cal King
1.1 C.B Cal King
0.1 Durango Mountain King
1.0 Desert King
1.3 Northern pine
1.1 N.J White pine
2.4 Black pine
2.2 kankakee Bull
1.2 Bearded Dragon
45 Tanks full with African Cichlids.
Many Mice, Rats and feeder Roaches
Very nice looking snake, I love the Sonorans best out of the Gophers Tom Stevens
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TomsSnakes.com
Very cool. After years of searching, I achieved "Pituophis Trifecta" in 2006, catching a Sonoran in Arizona, a Great Basin Gopher in Vegas and two Pacific Gophers in California. Previously I've never found a Pituophis in the field. Below is a pic of the GBG.
Tim
Third Eye
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