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My two year old found this snake on my sidewalk today. I released it in the hills by my house but I am wondering what kind of snake it is.
Found in Utah county (central Utah)
It is a baby, about 10-12 inches long
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bullsnake
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It is a great basin gopher snake (Pituophis catenifer deserticola). It's the same species as the bullsnake (Pituophis catenifer sayi), but found farther west. It's a nonvenomous constrictor that feeds mostly on rodents.
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