• Point Defiance Zoo And Aquarium, Tacoma, Washington, USA
  • Point Defiance Zoo And Aquarium, Tacoma, Washington, USA
  • Santa Barbara Zoo, Santa Barbara, California, USA
  • Santa Barbara Zoo, Santa Barbara, California, USA
  • Santa Barbara Zoo, Santa Barbara, California, USA
  • Toronto Zoo, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • Phoenix Zoo, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
  • Phoenix Zoo, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
  • Phoenix Zoo, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
  • Springs Preserve, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
  • Los Angeles Zoo, Los Angeles, California, USA
  • Los Angeles Zoo, Los Angeles, California, USA
  • Phoenix Zoo, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
  • Springs Preserve, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
  • Toronto Zoo, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • Toronto Zoo, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • Toronto Zoo, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • Point Defiance Zoo And Aquarium, Tacoma, Washington, USA
  • Point Defiance Zoo And Aquarium, Tacoma, Washington, USA
  • Santa Barbara Zoo, Santa Barbara, California, USA
  • Santa Barbara Zoo, Santa Barbara, California, USA
  • Santa Barbara Zoo, Santa Barbara, California, USA
  • Toronto Zoo, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • Phoenix Zoo, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
  • Phoenix Zoo, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
  • Phoenix Zoo, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
  • Springs Preserve, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
  • Los Angeles Zoo, Los Angeles, California, USA
  • Los Angeles Zoo, Los Angeles, California, USA
  • Phoenix Zoo, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
  • Springs Preserve, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
  • Toronto Zoo, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • Toronto Zoo, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • Toronto Zoo, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Sonoran Gopher Snake

Pituophis catenifer

Toronto Zoo, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Least Concern

This species is represented by hundreds of occurrences or subpopulations (see map in Sweet and Parker 1990). The total adult population size is unknown but certainly exceeds 100,000 and probably exceeds 1,000,000. This snake is relatively common in many areas. Its extent of occurrence, area of occupancy, number of subpopulations, and population size are probably relatively stable or declining at a rate of less than 10% over 10 years or three generations. Read More

There are no major threats to this species. Local declines have occurred in areas with extensive, intensive agricultural or urban development, but these snakes persist in semi-agricultural landscapes and rural residential areas. Read More

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Hammerson, G.A. 2007. Pituophis catenifer. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T63869A12723241. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63869A12723241.en