Rock Rattlesnake vs. Gopher Snake
The Gopher Snake lives almost everywhere in Arizona; when cornered it hisses loudly, flattens its head and shakes its tail, and is often killed as a rattlesnake. A: A broad, triangular head on a thin neck, a pit between the eye and the nostril in the Rock Rattlesnake; a narrow head, round pupils, no pit in the Gopher Snake. B: A rattle in the Rock Rattlesnake; no rattle: an ordinary tapering tail in the Gopher Snake. C: Rattlesnake blotches or bands in the Rock Rattlesnake; square brown or black blotches, busy small marks on the neck, clean bands on the tail in the Gopher Snake. The Gopher Snake is harmless and eats rodents. Venomous: leave rattlesnakes alone and give them room.
Open this comparison in Wildsight
Photographs via iNaturalist under Creative Commons licences; the photographers are credited on the sheet.
More comparisons
- Western Black-tailed Rattlesnake vs. Rock Rattlesnake
- Tiger Rattlesnake vs. Rock Rattlesnake
- Rock Rattlesnake vs. Western Diamond-backed Rattlesnake
- Rock Rattlesnake vs. Sonoran Lyre Snake
- Rock Rattlesnake vs. Arizona Black Rattlesnake
- Rock Rattlesnake vs. Desert Nightsnake
- Rock Rattlesnake vs. Prairie Rattlesnake
- Rock Rattlesnake vs. Western Massasauga
- Rock Rattlesnake vs. Mojave Rattlesnake
- Rock Rattlesnake vs. Sidewinder
- Rock Rattlesnake vs. Southwestern Speckled Rattlesnake
- Chihuahuan Nightsnake vs. Rock Rattlesnake
- Ridge-nosed Rattlesnake vs. Rock Rattlesnake
- Twin-spotted Rattlesnake vs. Rock Rattlesnake
- Eastern Black-tailed Rattlesnake vs. Rock Rattlesnake
- Texas Lyre Snake vs. Rock Rattlesnake
- Gray-banded Kingsnake vs. Rock Rattlesnake
- Prairie Kingsnake vs. Gopher Snake
- Prairie Rattlesnake vs. Gopher Snake
- Glossy Snake vs. Gopher Snake
- Desert Nightsnake vs. Gopher Snake
- Western Glossy Snake vs. Gopher Snake
- Coast Night Snake vs. Gopher Snake
- Western Diamond-backed Rattlesnake vs. Gopher Snake
Wildsight identifies the reptiles and amphibians of the United States. Every comparison