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    Posted: 17 Jun 2005 at 6:09pm
Can anyone id this snake for me?
It was in my house, in Taos, New Mexico, USA.
About 2 feet long.
Thanks!
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It's a Pituophis, a genus of non-venomous american snakes usually reffered to as pine snakes, bull snakes and gopher snakes. They feed mainly on rodents. These english names are somewhat confusingly interchanged between species, and a given species can be referred to as any of them. Not 100% sure of the exact species but it looks like a young Pituophis melanoleucus to me. There's a good amount of information on them here:

Pituophis Pages

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thanks for the info.
i hope it eats mice.
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