"Any other snakes in Arizona that aren't venomous, like a gopher snake, they're not going to have big heads like that. Their heads are going to be about as thick as their neck," Morris said.

If you have a fear of snakes, it may go to the next level after hearing about a native Arizona snake that tried to hitch a ride with a local. On May 3, an Instagram account with the username ...

a gopher snake, a desert tortoise, six sulcata tortoises and two red-eared slider turtles. Detectives from the Community Problems Unit, assisted by the Pima Animal Care Center and the Arizona Game ...

You may also hear it referred to as the blue bull snake, blue indigo snake or blue gopher snake because of its largely friendly relationship with gopher tortoises. Eastern indigo snake populations ...