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Bull or Sonoran Gopher?

dknorr Feb 02, 2011 06:15 PM

I need some help on this guy please!

Replies (4)

PeeBee Feb 02, 2011 09:20 PM

I'm leaning towards Bull. Can you post a picture of him facing the camera? The rostral scale (the scale on the tip of the "nose"on a bull snake is higher than wide. Eastern bulls have rostrals similar to pines. A sonorans rostral is shaped more like an equilateral triangle.

dknorr Feb 03, 2011 05:19 PM

Here's a face shot

PeeBee Feb 03, 2011 10:54 PM

Sonoran.

So much for first impressions.

dknorr Feb 04, 2011 09:58 AM

Thanks PeeBee

Dave Knorr

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