Colubridae family members, a common, large, gopher snake is usually between 36 and 96 inches long. Gopher snakes range from cream-yellow color to green-gray to brown, with large patches of black, brown or reddish on their backs and smaller along their sides. Most specimens have a dark line between the eye and the other from behind the eye to the angle of the jaw. Sometimes striped individuals, with or without spots, was found.