Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Reptilia Order Squamata Family Colubridae Genus Pituophis Species melaneoucus DESCRIPTION HABITAT RANGE &
DISTRIBUTION COMMENTS and COOL
STUFF The bullsnake's
main enemies are hawks and eagles. It eats mainly
burrowing mammals like mice, rabbits, squirrels;
and ground nesting birds and their eggs. Bullsnakes will
also hide under large rocks and logs or in mammal
or tortoise burrows.
Pituophis
melanoleucus
Photo
by Animal Pictures Archives
CLASSIFICATION
The bull
snake is a sub-species of the pine-gopher snake and
is a non-venemous hissing constrictor that can be
up to five feet in length,and has yellow brown
colloring with a light brown belly. Bullsnakes have
a dark line running from each eye to the angle of
its jaw. It is often confused for a rattlesnake
because of its hissing noise. It can also flatten
its head and will vibrate its tail and lunge at
anything that bothers it.. Bullsnakes are large and
powerfully built snakes with small heads.
bullsnakes are mostly active during the day
(diurnal) although they maight get active at night
in hot weather.
It is
native to sandy areas, praries, open forests, farm
fields, openbrushland and rocky deserts. It can
live up to 9,000' in elevation.
IndIgenous
only to North America.
This page created by
Andrew A.
