A snake that looks similar to and sounds like a rattlesnake but isn't a rattlesnake? Meet the gopher snake, the biggest snake found in Arizona.

The gopher snake is the undisputed heavyweight champion of Arizona snakes, often stretching from 6 to 9 feet in some cases.

A Pacific gopher snake undulates across the all-weather track at the East Field at UC Santa Cruz this week. The snake ...

This photo, taken by Rich Zywiak on April 27, shows a 4-foot-long gopher snake at Columbia Plateau Trail in Cheney. Warmer weather has activated local snake species. Web extra: Submit your own ...

Arizona has many venomous and scary-looking snakes, not to mention we also have some of the biggest snakes as well. The gopher snake is the undisputed heavyweight champion of Arizona snakes, often ...