";s:4:"text";s:1435:" Be ready to describe the snake to emergency staff. The Sonoran’s habitat ranges from west Texas to southeastern California and Mexico—more specifically the Sonoran Desert , from which the snake gets its name. 2. A Florida family's 8-month-old Pitbull protected two children from a coral snake, ultimately losing his life. They are, however, non-venomous, so are not harmful to humans. Snakes are more active in warm weather, and people spend more time outdoors. Any snake will bite if threatened, but it is more common for a bull snake to run away if their aggressive display doesn't frighten off intruders. Some of their common names are are bull or pine snakes, Pacific gopher snakes, Pacific pine snakes, Oregon bull snakes, and Sonoran gopher snakes, among others. They are constrictors of the family Colubridae, or Colubrids: the most widespread of the order Serpentes. Bull snakes, genus Pituophis, are not dangerous. More bluff than bite They huff and hiss, but these bullish snakes are harmless and a rare find.