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Identify Gopher from Bull

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The local reptile shop has a snake for sale as an albino San Diego Bull Snake. It's colors look alot like an Applegate San Diego Gopher i seen once at a show.

My question is how do i tell a Gopher Snake from a Bull Snake.

I will probably end up getting it either way it is male and less then a year old. They say they bought it from a breeder at a show. I just want to be able to correctly identify it.
 
I've never paid too much attention to gophers, so I can't help with tips for differentiating...but I've also never heard anything labeled as a San Diego bull, so I'll lean towards gopher.
 
Pituophis catenifer annectens is pretty easy to differentiate from other Gophers. Look at some images and you should be able to tell. annectens is also are pretty small compared to other Pits.

Jeremy
 
Bull snakes actually are a gopher snake. Its all a bunch of latin jargin but really gopher snakes and bull snakes are a geographic difference versus a speiciation difference.
 
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