bull snake

noun

1. Also called: gopher snake. any burrowing North American nonvenomous colubrid snake of the genus Pituophis , typically having yellow and brown markings

Example Sentences

Families living in rural areas south-west of Counselor, New Mexico, were telling him they saw sickly bull snakes and near-death rattlers above ground during the snowy, winter months of the south.

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Officials set up infrared cameras and bait and unleashed a pair of bull snakes.

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For example, bull snakes are commonly photographed in dry, dead grass, Becker says.

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She found eight mushrooms on her first ever trip but also had a brief encounter with a bull snake.

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The students found 119 different snakes, mostly three species that are nonvenomous and harmless - bull snakes, milk snakes and racer snakes.

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