Bull Snake
- Scientific name: Pituophis catenifer
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Reptilia
- Order: Squamata
- Family: Colubridae
- Genus: Pituophis
- Species: P. catenifer
Fun Facts
- Bull snakes are harmless and named for their distinctive hiss, which sounds like a grunting bull.
- In the West they are known as "gopher snakes."
- In the East they are know as "pine snakes."
- Bull snakes eat small mammals such as mice, rabbits, gophers, prairie dogs as well as ground nesting birds and also other snakes.
- Bull snakes can grow up to 7 feet long.
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