which makes it the longest native snake in the United States. It lives in Florida, south Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi, preferring mature longleaf-pine habitat, where it seeks out gopher tortoise ...

“That’s bad news for the tortoise and for hundreds of other southeastern species who rely on them to thrive, from the threatened indigo snake to the wild ... Endangered Species Act, gopher tortoise ...

The snake will eventually be taken to Honolulu, officials said. Native to North America, gopher snakes can grow ... with native animals for food and habitat,” according to officials.