bull snake
Harmless prairie constrictor
A bull snake is a large, nonvenomous North American snake that kills prey by constriction.
Bull snakes are often mistaken for rattlesnakes due to their similar coloring and defensive behavior—they hiss loudly and vibrate their tails when threatened.
They're valued by farmers for controlling rodents: We let the bull snake live in the barn.
- constrictorSnake killing by compression
- prairieOpen grassy flatland
- burrowAnimal's dug dwelling
- scalesPlates or weighing devices
- slitherGlide smoothly, sinuously
hiss · rodent · coil · nonvenomous · reptile · cold blooded · desert · grassland · dry grass · squeeze · camouflage · yellowish · blotches · mimic · warning sound · rattle · tail · back yard
- reptileslizard, turtle, crocodile, alligator, python
- limbless animalscobra, python, viper, boa, mamba
- snakescobra, anaconda, boa, viper, python
- prairie wildlifeprairie dog, pronghorn, bison, prairie chicken, meadowlark
- wildlifewhite-tailed deer, birds, mammals, elephant, reptiles
- folk namesdaddy longlegs, lightning bug, ladybug, pill bug, roly-poly
bull snakerattlesnake
Viper with segmented tail noisemaker
venomous snake · western diamondback · copperhead · cottonmouth · timber rattler
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