Gopher snakes have large blotches of dark brown color down the middle of it's back. There are more different colors too. The rest of it is a yellowish color. This snake isn't venomous. It's bite sort of scares you but it doesn't hurt you. The Gopher snake kill's it's prey by suffocating it. The prey is swallowed whole usually head first. The Gopher snake eats mice, rats, gopher's, ground squirrel's, rabbit's, bird's, and lizard's.
Gopher snakes are related to pine and bull snakes.
Found throughout North America and Mexico, there are eight known kinds, of which two snakes may actually be separate species.
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