Good points, ginter. I've also heard the Eastern Sonoran and Western Bull's look a lot alike.

First of all I'm no Pit expert but when I first looked at the snake, my initial thought was Sonoran Gopher. I'm just going by blotch color. I've noticed on a lot of Sonoran's that the blotches start out brown or reddish brown then gradually change to black before you get to the tail. In a lot of Great Basin's, I've noticed the blotches start off black at the neck then fade to brown at mid body then change to black again near the tail. I wouldn't say that was the rule but its what I've noticed in most of them. I'm not sure where Bull's fit into that category.

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• Bull or gopher? - cochran, Wed Jan 13 14:56:05 2010
• RE: Bull or gopher? - KevinM, Wed Jan 13 16:08:07 2010
• RE: Bull or gopher? - tspuckler, Wed Jan 13 17:03:36 2010
• RE: Bull or gopher? - mattcbiker, Wed Jan 13 17:04:03 2010
• RE: Bull or gopher? - cochran, Wed Jan 13 18:27:54 2010
• RE: Bull or gopher? - mattcbiker, Wed Jan 13 22:38:06 2010
• RE: Bull or gopher? - BigHairy8s, Wed Jan 13 22:27:31 2010
• RE: Bull or gopher? - spyiii, Wed Jan 13 23:06:51 2010
• RE: Bull or gopher? - pyromaniac, Thu Jan 14 16:14:45 2010
• RE: Bull or gopher? - reako45, Thu Jan 14 23:03:56 2010
• RE: Bull or gopher? - ginter, Fri Jan 15 11:08:36 2010
• RE: Bull or gopher? - RossCA, Fri Jan 15 11:24:09 2010
• RE: Bull or gopher? - spyiii, Fri Jan 15 20:34:01 2010
• RE: Bull or gopher? - ginter, Sat Jan 16 09:51:41 2010
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• Stull?... - monklet, Tue Jan 19 16:38:46 2010
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• RE: Bull or gopher? - antelope, Fri Jan 15 21:55:06 2010
• C'mon John... - monklet, Sat Jan 16 10:52:48 2010
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• Wow, thanks n/p - monklet, Sat Jan 16 11:21:26 2010
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