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title: "Gopher Snake"
description: "Pituophis catenifer — Reptielen. Pituophis catenifer, the gopher snake, is a species of nonvenomous colubrid snake endemic to North America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/gopher-snake
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Gopher Snake

> Pituophis catenifer — Reptielen. Pituophis catenifer, the gopher snake, is a species of nonvenomous colubrid snake endemic to North America.

- Scientific name: *Pituophis catenifer*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptielen)
- Habitats: `desert` (Woestijn)
- iNaturalist observations: 83285
- Wikidata: [Q2705737](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2705737)
- iNaturalist taxon: [29044](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/29044)

## Names

- en: Gopher Snake
- de: Gophernatter
- es: Topera
- fr: Couleuvre à nez mince

## Countries with the most observations

US (76411), CA (1613), MX (1475)

## Summary

Pituophis catenifer, the gopher snake, is a species of nonvenomous colubrid snake endemic to North America. Nine subspecies are currently recognized.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pituophis_catenifer

## Photo

![Gopher Snake](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/gopher-snake/medium.jpg)

Photo: infiniteuniverse · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/258099002

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/gopher-snake?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).