If you are relaxing at one of Colorado’s lakes July Fourth weekend, you might have some company slither up next to you.

According to the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, the coachwhip is a long and slender snake, usually measuring three to eight feet long.

The snake was identified as a coachwhip snake, according to the Missouri Department of Conservation. Binkley and her son tried to coax the snake out from the car, but it snuck back under the hood.

Rattlesnake Solutions noted that it’s rare for snakes to settle inside a homeowner’s toilet. “A coachwhip is a fast, intelligent snake,” said company owner Bryan Hughes.

An Arizona woman came home after a four day trip to a slithering surprise and found a pink coachwhip snake chilling out inside her toilet. Video of the snake's removal has gone viral.

Luckily for the homeowner — and the worker who was bitten during the struggle — the intruder was ‘just’ a coachwhip snake. They’re a nonvenomous species common throughout the region that ...

A handler from Rattlesnake Solutions took a video as he pulled the hissing black and pink coachwhip snake from attorney Michelle Lespron's toilet.

This photo provided by Phoenix-based Rattlesnake Solutions shows one of their employees holding a coachwhip snake found inside a toilet in a home in Tucson, Arizona, on July 16, 2023. – Nikolaus ...

Specifically, a coachwhip snake. According to the Missouri Department of Conservation, the snake’s head suddenly popped out from under the hood of LeAnna’s moving car.

A coachwhip snake was found in a toilet in Arizona. Courtesy of Rattlesnake Solutions It took three visits over two days to remove the reptile from the toilet, snake catchers said.

Sonoran Mountain kingsnakes are constrictors that prey on small mammals, lizards and other snakes – including rattlesnakes. They’re nonvenomous, but their coloration is similar to that of ...

Specifically, a coachwhip snake. According to the Missouri Department of Conservation, the snake’s head suddenly popped out from under the hood of LeAnna’s moving car.