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[negativeroots]

Cedella has taken to sleeping with just her head and neck on her basking platform, it's adorable 😂

@i-m-snek

#snake #gopher snake #sonoran gopher snake #pituophis #pituophis catenifer #pituophis catenifer affinis #cedella #my pets

[herpsandbirds]

Sonoran Gopher Snake (Pituophis catenifer affinis), family Colubridae, Arizona, USA

photograph by Sue Snyder Tessmann

#gopher snake #snake #colubridae #pituophis #reptile #herpetology #animals #nature #north america

[verdantry]

Pituophis Catenifer Affinis

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[thelostcanyon]

Sonoran Gopher Snake (Pituophis catenifer affinis), J-Six Ranch, Cochise County, Arizona.

#snakes #j6 ranch #arizona #photographers on tumblr

[fatchance]

Sonoran gopher snake (Pituophis catenifer affinis) basking in a sandy arroyo, San Pedro House, Cochise County, Arizona. 

Please click either photo for enlarged views. 

#photographers on tumblr #Sonoran gopher snake #Pituophis catenifer affinis #San Pedro House #San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area #Cochise County #Arizona

[i-m-snek]

Saved this GORGEOUS big boy from being run over today! We were driving down the one way road with like five people behind us and this guy still had 90% of the road to cross. Brett was driving and paying attention to his driving so I yell "THERESASNAKEINTHEROADDONTHITIT" So he swerves out of the way and stops, jumps out of the car, grabs him, and hands him to me like a freakin hero. Hahaha. We didn't want him to get hit by the cars behind us (since people run over snakes on purpose) so we brought him home and I got some pics of him, and he's gonna go right back in the wild :) He also has a huge scar on his belly from something, its long healed but makes me curious.

#sonoran gopher snake #Pituophis catenifer affinis #snake #gopher snake #reptile

[teleos]

Brumation is almost over.

#rosy boa #boa #snake #reptile #lichanura trivirgata #gopher snake #sonoran gopher snake #pituophis #pituophis catenifer affinis #Armstrong #ratsnake #rat snake #leucistic texas rat snake #texas rat snake #leucistic #leucism #corn snake #cornsnake #pantherophis guttatus #Aki

[loracarol]

Can anyone give me deets about sonoran gopher snakes? My neighbor found out I have snakes and is trying to rehome his.

#Sonoran gopher snake #Pituophis catenifer affinis #snake #snakes

[brosfriendlytavern]

Hello Reptiblr, 

I need some help. This is my Sonoran Gopher Snake, Cedella (formerly owned by i-m-snek). Our vet (trusted, properly accredited) has said that her health is fine. When we got her, she was in a large sterilite tub with an RHP, and would continually glass surf. The tub didn’t hold heat correctly, so we upgraded to a T-25 from Animal Plastics. 

Her temps are holding steady, hot side is ~90F, and cool side is ~85F, her humidity ranges from 30-50%. She has a platform made of tile on the side underneath her RHP, more than 7 inches from the surface of the heat source but it gets to a surface temp that my IR gun is gauging at around 92-93F. She is on 3 inches of aspen, has been since we got her. 

We started with one hide on her cool side and one on her hot side, some fake plants and a sturdy branch to climb on. Throughout all of this, whenever she is not actively in shed, she glass surfs. Even right after a meal, she glass surfs. We added more hides and more ground cover, thinking that maybe she feels unsafe. Still she glass surfs. I’ve experimented with raising and lowering the temp a couple of degrees in either direction. Glass surfing. 

I’ve noticed this behavior once or twice in our male Corn, during breeding season, but it was so occasional that I didn’t worry. I’m very worried about Cedella because of the frequency and the fact that she has a scar on the tip of her nose where she has no scales anymore, from rubbing on a wire mesh top cage at a previous home (not with i-m-snek). 

I’ve included a video to show how desperate her glass surfing is. I’m very worried. If anyone can contact me with any sort of information, I would greatly appreciate it. 

#reptiblr #snake #sonoran gopher snake #pituophis catenifer affinis

[iowa-herpetology]

Herp Taxa

CNAH: North American Herpetofauna: Reptilia: Squamata (part)

Names that differ in any way from those published in the most most recent joint Society names list (see introduction)

About CNAH have their Standard English name shown in green.

Statement

of Purpose Reptilia Laurenti, 1768 - Reptiles

Squamata (part) Oppel, 1811 - Snakes

CNAH Board

Boidae Gray, 1842 - Boas

CNAH Officers Charina Gray, 1849 - Rubber Boas

C. bottae (Blainville, 1835) - Northern Rubber Boa

CNAH Awards

C. umbratica Klauber, 1943 - Southern Rubber Boa

CNAH Donors Lichanura Cope, 1861 - Rosy Boas

L. orcutti (Stejneger 1889) - Northern Three-lined Boa

JNAH

L. trivirgata (Cope, 1861) - Rosy Boa

Contemporary

Herpetology

Colubridae Oppel, 1811 - Harmless Egg-Laying Snakes

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Arizona Kennicott, 1859 - Glossy Snakes

A. elegans Kennicott, in Baird, 1859 - Glossy Snake

A. e. arenicola Dixon, 1960 - Texas Glossy Snake

A. e. candida Klauber, 1946 - Mohave Glossy Snake

A. e. eburnata Klauber, 1946 - Desert Glossy Snake

A. e. elegans Kennicott, in Baird, 1859 - Kansas Glossy Snake

A. e. noctivaga Klauber, 1946 - Arizona Glossy Snake

A. e. occidentalis Blanchard, 1924 - California Glossy Snake

A. e. philipi Klauber, 1946 - Painted Desert Glossy Snake

Bogertophis Dowling & Price, 1988 - Desert Ratsnakes

B. rosaliae (Mocquard, 1899) - Baja California Ratsnake

B. subocularis (Brown, 1901) - Trans-Pecos Ratsnake

B. s. subocularis (Brown, 1901) - Northern Trans-Pecos Ratsnake

Cemophora Cope, 1860 - Scarletsnakes

C. coccinea (Blumenbach, 1788) - Scarletsnake

C. lineri Williams, Brown & Wilson, 1966 - Texas Scarletsnake

Coluber Linnaeus, 1758 - North American Racers, Coachwhips, and Whipsnakes

C. constrictor Linnaeus, 1758 - North American Racer

C. c. anthicus (Cope, 1862) - Buttermilk Racer

C. c. constrictor Linnaeus, 1758 - Northern Black Racer

C. c. etheridgei Wilson, 1970 - Tan Racer

C. c. flaviventris Say in James, 1822 - Eastern Yellow-bellied Racer

C. c. foxii (Baird and Girard, 1853) - Blue Racer

C. c. helvigularis Auffenberg, 1955 - Brown-chinned Racer

C. c. latrunculus Wilson, 1970 - Black-masked Racer

C. c. mormon Baird & Girard, 1852 - Western Yellow-bellied Racer

C. c. oaxaca (Jan, 1863) - Mexican Racer

C. c. paludicola Auffenberg & Babbitt, 1953 - Everglades Racer

C. c. priapus Dunn & Wood, 1939 - Southern Black Racer

Drymarchon Fitzinger, 1843 - Indigo Snakes

D. couperi (Holbrook, 1842) - Eastern Indigo Snake

D. melanurus (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1853) - Central American Indigo Snake

D. m. erebennus (Cope, 1860) - Texas Indigo Snake

Drymobius Fitzinger, 1843 - Neotropical Racers

D. margaritiferus (Schlegel, 1837) - Speckled Racer

D. m. margaritiferus (Schlegel, 1837) - Northern Speckled Racer

Ficimia Gray, 1849 - Eastern Hook-nosed Snakes

F. streckeri Taylor, 1931 - Tamaulipan Hook-nosed Snake

Gyalopion Cope, 1860 - Western Hook-nosed Snakes

G. canum Cope, 1861 “1860” - Chihuahuan Hook-nosed Snake

G. quadrangulare (Günther, 1893 in Salvin and Godman, 1885-1902) - Thornscrub Hook-nosed Snake

Lampropeltis Fitzinger, 1843 - Kingsnakes

L. alterna (Brown, 1901) - Gray-banded Kingsnake

L. annulata Kennicott, 1860 - Mexican Milksnake

L. californiae (Blainville, 1835) - California Kingsnake

L. calligaster (Harlan, 1827) - Prairie Kingsnake

L. elapsoides (Holbrook, 1838) - Scarlet Kingsnake

L. extenuata (Brown, 1890) - Short-tailed Kingsnake

L. gentilis (Baird & Girard, 1853) - Western Milksnake

L. getula (Linnaeus, 1766) - Eastern Kingsnake

L. holbrooki Stejneger, 1902 - Speckled Kingsnake

L. knoblochi (Taylor, 1940) - Knobloch’s Mountain Kingsnake

L. nigra (Yarrow, 1882) - Eastern Black Kingsnake

L. occipitolineata Price, 1987 - South Florida Mole Kingsnake

L. pyromelana (Cope, 1866) - Pyro Mountain Kingsnake

L. p. infralabialis Tanner, 1953 - Utah Mountain Kingsnake

L. p. pyromelana (Cope, 1867) - Arizona Mountain Kingsnake

L. rhombomaculata (Holbrook, 1840) - Mole Kingsnake

L. splendida (Baird & Girard, 1853) - Desert Kingsnake

L. triangulum (Lacépède, 1789) - Eastern Milksnake

L. zonata (Blainville, 1835) - California Mountain Kingsnake

Masticophis Baird & Girard, 1853 - Whipsnakes

M. bilineatus Jan, 1863 - Sonoran Whipsnake

M. flagellum (Shaw, 1802) - Coachwhip

M. f. cingulum (Lowe & Woodin, 1954) - Sonoran Coachwhip

M. f. flagellum Shaw, 1802 - Eastern Coachwhip

M. f. lineatulus (Smith, 1941) - Lined Coachwhip

M. f. piceus (Cope, 1892) - Red Racer

M. f. ruddocki (Brattstrom & Warren, 1953) - San Joaquin Coachwhip

M. f. testaceus Say in James, 1822 - Western Coachwhip

M. fuliginosus (Cope, 1895) - Baja California Coachwhip

M. lateralis (Hallowell, 1853) - Striped Racer

M. l. euryxanthus (Riemer, 1954) - Alameda Striped Racer

M. l. lateralis (Hallowell, 1853) - California Striped Racer

M. schotti (Baird & Girard, 1853) - Schott''s Whipsnake

M. s. ruthveni (Ortenburger, 1923) - Ruthven''s Whipsnake

M. s. schotti (Baird & Girard, 1853) - Schott’s Striped Whipsnake

M. taeniatus (Hallowell, 1852) - Striped Whipsnake

M. t. girardi (Stejneger & Barbour, 1917) - Central Texas Whipsnake

M. t. taeniatus (Hallowell, 1852) - Desert Striped Whipsnake

Opheodrys Fitzinger, 1843 - Greensnakes

O. aestivus (Linnaeus, 1766) - Rough Greensnake

O. a. aestivus (Linnaeus, 1766) - Northern Rough Greensnake

O. a. carinatus Grobman, 1984 - Florida Rough Greensnake

O. vernalis (Harlan, 1827) - Smooth Greensnake

Oxybelis Wagler, 1830 - American Vinesnakes

O. aeneus (Wagler, 1824) - Brown Vinesnake

Pantherophis Fitzinger, 1843 - North American Ratsnakes

P. alleghaniensis (Holbrook, 1836) - Eastern Ratsnake

P. bairdi (Yarrow, 1880) - Baird's Ratsnake

P. emoryi (Baird & Girard, 1853) - Great Plains Ratsnake

P. guttatus (Linnaeus, 1766) - Red Cornsnake

P. obsoletus (Say in James, 1822) - Western Ratsnake

P. ramspotti (Crother, White, Savage, Eckstut, Graham & Gardner, 2011) - Western Foxsnake

P. slowinskii (Burbrink, 2002) - Slowinski's Cornsnake

P. spiloides (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854) - Gray Ratsnake

P. vulpinus (Baird & Girard, 1853) - Eastern Foxsnake

Phyllorhynchus Stejneger, 1890 - Leaf-nosed Snakes

P. browni Stejneger, 1890 - Saddled Leaf-nosed Snake

P. decurtatus (Cope, 1868) - Spotted Leaf-nosed Snake

Pituophis Holbrook, 1842 - Bullsnakes, Pinesnakes, and Gophersnakes

P. catenifer (Blainville, 1835) - Gophersnake

P. c. affinis Hallowell, 1852 - Sonoran Gophersnake

P. c. annectens Baird & Girard, 1853 - San Diego Gophersnake

P. c. catenifer (Blainville, 1835) - Pacific Gophersnake

P. c. deserticola Stejneger, 1893 - Great Basin Gophersnake

P. c. pumilus Klauber, 1946 - Santa Cruz Gophersnake

P. c. sayi (Schlegel, 1837) - Bullsnake

P. melanoleucus (Daudin, 1803) - Eastern Pinesnake

P. m. lodingi Blanchard, 1924 - Black Pinesnake

P. m. melanoleucus (Daudin, 1803) - Northern Pinesnake

P. m. mugitus Barbour, 1921 - Florida Pinesnake

P. ruthveni Stull, 1929 - Louisiana Pinesnake

Rhinocheilus Baird & Girard, 1853 - Long-nosed Snakes

R. lecontei Baird & Girard, 1853 - Long-nosed Snake

Salvadora Baird & Girard, 1853 - Patch-nosed Snakes

S. grahamiae Baird & Girard, 1853 - Eastern Patch-nosed Snake

S. g. grahamiae Baird & Girard, 1853 - Mountain Patch-nosed Snake

S. g. lineata Schmidt, 1940 - Texas Patch-nosed Snake

S. hexalepis (Cope, 1866) - Western Patch-nosed Snake

S. h. deserticola Schmidt, 1940 - Big Bend Patch-nosed Snake

S. h. hexalepis (Cope, 1866) - Desert Patch-nosed Snake

S. h. mojavensis Bogert, 1945 - Mohave Patch-nosed Snake

S. h. virgultea Bogert, 1935 - Coast Patch-nosed Snake

Senticolis Dowling & Fries, 1987 - Green Ratsnakes

S. triaspis (Cope, 1866) - Green Ratsnake

S. t. intermedia (Boettger, 1883) - Northern Green Ratsnake

Sonora Baird & Girard, 1853 - North American Groundsnakes

S. annulata (Baird, 1859 “1858”) - Colorado Desert Shovel-nosed Snake

S. episcopa (Kennicott 1859) - Great Plains Groundsnake

S. occipitalis (Hallowell, 1854) - Western Shovel-nosed Snake

S. o. klauberi (Stickel, 1941) - Tucson Shovel-nosed Snake

S. o. occipitalis (Hallowell, 1854) - Mohave Shovel-nosed Snake

S. o. talpina Klauber, 1951 - Nevada Shovel-nosed Snake

S. palarostris (Klauber, 1937) - Sonoran Shovel-nosed Snake

S. p. organica Klauber, 1951 - Organ Pipe Shovel-nosed Snake

S. semiannulata Baird & Girard, 1853 - Western Groundsnake

S. straminea (Cope, 1860) - Variable Sandsnake

S. taylori (Boulenger, 1894) - Southern Texas Groundsnake

Tantilla Baird & Girard, 1853 - Black-headed, Crowned, and Flat-headed Snakes

T. atriceps (Günther, 1895 in Salvin and Godman, 1885-1902) - Mexican Black-headed Snake

T. coronata Baird & Girard, 1853 - Southeastern Crowned Snake

T. cucullata Minton, 1956 - Trans-Pecos Black-headed Snake

T. gracilis Baird & Girard, 1853 - Flat-headed Snake

T. hobartsmithi Taylor, 1937 - Smith’s Black-headed Snake

T. nigriceps Kennicott, 1860 - Plains Black-headed Snake

T. oolitica Telford, 1966 - Rim Rock Crowned Snake

T. planiceps (Blainville, 1835) - Western Black-headed Snake

T. relicta Telford, 1966 - Florida Crowned Snake

T. r. neilli Telford, 1966 - Central Florida Crowned Snake

T. r. pamlica Telford, 1966 - Coastal Dunes Crowned Snake

T. r. relicta Telford, 1966 - Peninsula Crowned Snake

T. wilcoxi Stejneger, 1902 - Chihuahuan Black-headed Snake

T. yaquia Smith, 1942 - Yaqui Black-headed Snake

Trimorphodon Cope, 1861 - Lyresnakes

T. lambda Cope, 1886 - Sonoran Lyresnake

T. lyrophanes (Cope, 1860) - California Lyresnake

T. vilkinsonii Cope, 1886 - Texas Lyresnake

Crotalidae Oppel, 1811 - Pitvipers

Agkistrodon Palisot de Beauvois, 1799 - American Moccasins

A. conanti Gloyd, 1969 - Florida Cottonmouth

A. contortrix (Linnaeus, 1766) - Eastern Copperhead

A. laticinctus (Gloyd & Conant, 1934) - Broad-banded Copperhead

A. piscivorus (Lacépède, 1789) - Northern Cottonmouth

Crotalus Linnaeus, 1758 - Rattlesnakes

C. adamanteus Palisot de Beauvois, 1799 - Eastern Diamond-backed Rattlesnake

C. atrox Baird & Girard, 1853 - Western Diamond-backed Rattlesnake

C. cerastes Hallowell, 1854 - Sidewinder

C. c. cerastes Hallowell, 1854 - Mohave Desert Sidewinder

C. c. cercobombus Savage & Cliff, 1953 - Sonoran Sidewinder

C. c. laterorepens Klauber, 1944 - Colorado Desert Sidewinder

C. cerberus (Coues, 1875) - Arizona Black Rattlesnake

C. horridus Linnaeus, 1758 - Timber Rattlesnake

C. lepidus (Kennicott, 1861) - Rock Rattlesnake

C. l. klauberi Gloyd, 1936 - Banded Rock Rattlesnake

C. l. lepidus (Kennicott, 1861) - Mottled Rock Rattlesnake

C. molossus Baird & Girard, 1853 - Black-tailed Rattlesnake

C. m. molossus Baird & Girard, 1853 - Northern Black-tailed Rattlesnake

C. oreganus Holbrook, 1840 - Western Rattlesnake

C. o. abyssus Klauber, 1930 - Grand Canyon Rattlesnake

C. o. concolor Woodbury, 1929 - Midget Faded Rattlesnake

C. o. helleri Meek, 1905 - Southern Pacific Rattlesnake

C. o. lutosus Klauber, 1930 - Great Basin Rattlesnake

C. o. oreganus Holbrook, 1840 - Northern Pacific Rattlesnake

C. ornatus Hallowell 1954 - Eastern Black-tailed Rattlesnake

C. pricei Van Denburgh, 1895 - Twin-spotted Rattlesnake

C. p. pricei Van Denburgh, 1895 - Western Twin-spotted Rattlesnake

C. pyrrhus (Cope, 1867 “1866”) - Southwestern Speckled Rattlesnake

C. ruber Cope, 1892 - Red Diamond Rattlesnake

C. scutulatus (Kennicott, 1861) - Mohave Rattlesnake

C. s. scutulatus (Kennicott, 1861) - Northern Mohave Rattlesnake

C. stephensi Klauber, 1930 - Panamint Rattlesnake

C. tigris Kennicott, 1859 - Tiger Rattlesnake

C. viridis (Rafinesque, 1818) - Prairie Rattlesnake

C. willardi Meek, 1905 - Ridge-nosed Rattlesnake

C. w. obscurus Harris, 1974 - New Mexico Ridge-nosed Rattlesnake

C. w. willardi Meek, 1905 - Arizona Ridge-nosed Rattlesnake

Sistrurus Garman, 1883 - Massasauga and Pygmy Rattlesnakes

S. catenatus (Rafinesque, 1818) - Eastern Massasauga

S. miliarius (Linnaeus, 1766) - Pygmy Rattlesnake

S. m. barbouri Gloyd, 1935 - Dusky Pygmy Rattlesnake

S. m. miliarius (Linnaeus, 1766) - Carolina Pygmy Rattlesnake

S. m. streckeri Gloyd, 1935 - Western Pygmy Rattlesnake

S. tergeminus (Say in James, 1822) - Western Massasauga

S. t. edwardsii (Baird & Girard, 1853) - Desert Massasauga

S. t. tergeminus (Say in James, 1822) - Prairie Massasauga

Dipsadidae Bonaparte, 1838 - Rear-Fanged Snakes

Carphophis Gervais, 1843 - North American Wormsnakes

C. amoenus (Say, 1825) - Common Wormsnake

C. a. amoenus (Say, 1825) - Eastern Wormsnake

C. a. helenae (Kennicott, 1859) - Midwestern Wormsnake

C. vermis (Kennicott, 1859) - Western Wormsnake

Coniophanes Hallowell, 1860 - Black-striped Snakes

C. imperialis (Baird, 1859) - Regal Black-striped Snake

C. i. imperialis (Baird, 1859) - Tamaulipan Black-striped Snake

Contia Baird & Girard, 1853 - Sharp-tailed Snakes

C. longicauda Feldman & Hoyer, 2010 - Forest Sharp-tailed Snake

C. tenuis (Baird & Girard, 1852) - Common Sharp-tailed Snake

Diadophis Baird & Girard, 1853 - Ring-necked Snakes

D. punctatus (Linnaeus, 1766) - Ring-necked Snake

D. p. acricus Paulson, 1968 - Key Ring-necked Snake

D. p. amabilis Baird & Girard, 1853 - Pacific Ring-necked Snake

D. p. arnyi Kennicott, 1859 - Prairie Ring-necked Snake

D. p. edwardsii (Merrem, 1820) - Northern Ring-necked Snake

D. p. modestus Bocourt, 1866 - San Bernardino Ring-necked Snake

[ls2swift]

Sonoran Gopher Snake (Pituophis catenifer affinis) #herping #newmexico #nature #wildlife #fieldherping #wildlifephotography #herpetology #herpsofig #research #wild #nature #biology #canon #snake #citsci #herpmapper (at New Mexico)

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[negativeroots]

Cedella chilling while we set up her new house! She's a great ambassador snake for our friends 💕 @i-m-snek

#snake #reptiblr #gopher snake #Sonoran gopher snake #pituophis catenifer affinis #cedella #my pets

[herpsandbirds]

Sonoran Gopher Snake (Pituophis catenifer affinis), family Colubridae, Prescott, New Mexico, USA

photograph by Patrick Alexander 

#pituophis #gopher snake #snake #reptile #colubridae #herpetology #animals #nature #north america

[frickyeahsnakesandstuff]

Diamond, the albino Sonoran Gopher snake!

(She looks like she’s missing scales but she’s not. They’re just super super light. Her dad has scales just like that.)

#Pituophis catenifer affinis #mine #snake #snakes #diamond #gopher snakes

[i-m-snek]

Cecil will be headed to her forever home next week! <3

#cecil #rescue #snake #sonoran gopher snake #Pituophis catenifer affinis

[teleos]

he is beautiful and also happy

#snake #sonoran gopher snake #gopher snake #pituophis catenifer affinis #pituophis #reptile #Armstrong