COURTESY HAWAII DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE HDOA has identified the 2-foot-long reptile as a non-venomous gopher snake. State officials say a live snake was found in a container of Christmas trees as it ...

On Nov. 16, store employees in Hilo, Hawaii, found a gopher snake wriggling around in a shipment of fresh Christmas trees ...

Shop workers unloading a supply of Christmas trees in Hawaii found an unexpected visitor hiding within the shipment.

A slithering 2-foot-long creature was found lurking in a shipment of Christmas trees to Hawaii, officials say. Workers of a ...

The snake is being safeguarded in Hilo and will be transported to Honolulu. Gopher snakes are found in North America and can ...

Gopher snakes are non-venomous snakes found in North America. They can grow to be up to 7 feet long, according to HDOA.

The gopher snake is in custody ... and the threat they pose to many species of birds and eggs, particularly endangered native birds. With no natural predators in Hawaii, they would compete ...

The HDOA said gopher snakes are found in North America and can ... The HDOA said many species also prey on birds and their eggs, increasing the threat to our endangered native birds.

Native to North America, gopher snakes can grow to be about 7 feet in length, officials said. The species eats “small rodents, young rabbits, lizards, birds and their eggs,” officials said.