SteveB wrote in message
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While pulling some bushes today, we encountered a snake. About
1" in diameter, and three feet long. A copperish color,
but more of a pinkish light brown. Pointy long tail. Not
aggressive, but didn't want to be ejected from his bush. We
had to pester him for quite a bit before he made a break. This
is in Southern Utah. Any ideas of the kind of snake this is?

Sixty-four species of reptiles call Utah home. This include 34
kinds of snakes from the cagey rattlesnake to the mild-mannered
gopher snake to the very harmless grass snake.

Here's a description that fits what you describe...

http://books.google.com/books?id=jE3...iL7s#PPA187,M1

The Ranger