they live like 20 years old in the wild
NO, gopher snakes do not kill rattle snakes.
Rattlesnakes, king snakes, gopher snakes, coral snakes, rat snakes, garter snakes and many others.
No, they have rows of sharp little teeth. Most snakes that have fangs are almost all poisonous because that is where the venom comes out.
Neither ! They eat rodents !
only if they are of opposite gender
a hawk or other snakes
Yes, they will, but sometimes they do live together. My dad had a gopher snake that seemed to think it was a rattle snake and had all the behavior of a rattle snake.
No, the gopher is a vegetarian!
There are different species of snakes found in Montana, such as rattlesnakes, milk snakes, garter and gopher snakes. Some snakes found in the Kalispell MT can be the Eastern racer, milk and gopher snakes.
No. Gopher snakes are smaller than rattlesnakes, and unlike rattlesnakes, are not poisonous. Gopher snakes are very popular as pets because of their docility. If a gopher snake ever attacked a rattlesnake, the odds are the gopher snake would lose miserably.
Only in march.
Gopher Snakes are light colored dorsally (white to beige), with contrasting dark saddles and blotches (brown to black). Gopher Snakes have a light ventral coloration that may have a dark checkered pattern. There is a dark line that extends across the snout and on past each eye. Gopher Snakes have keeled scales, this helps distinguish young Gopher Snakes from juvenile Racers, which have smooth scales. Gopher Snakes have round pupils, which is different from both Night Snakes and Western Rattlesnakes. These two species could be confused for Gopher Snakes, but both have vertical pupils.