Do rattlesnakes and bull snakes cross breed? - Ask Extension
About 10 years ago I read an article in a local paper about the cross breeding of rattle and bull snakes at C.S.U..The bull looking snakes had the v...
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Do rattlesnakes and bull snakes cross breed? #142780
Asked July 23, 2013, 11:07 PM EDT
About 10 years ago I read an article in a local paper about the cross breeding of rattle and bull snakes at C.S.U..
The bull looking snakes had the venom of a rattler.
Is this true?
The bull looking snakes had the venom of a rattler.
Is this true?
Arapahoe County Colorado
Expert Response
It is NOT true that these snakes can mate and create hybrids that are half bullsnake and half rattlesnake and poisonous like a rattlesnake. These snakes are different species and therefore cannot breed with one another.
