Eastern Hog-nosed Snake (Heterodon platirhinos)
Description: A thick-bodied, slow-moving snake with a flattened, upturned "nose.
Eastern Hog-nosed Snake
Heterodon platirhinos
Known from Barnstable, Bristol, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Plymouth, and Worcester counties.
The Eastern Hog-nosed Snake appears to be absent from the forested north-central region of Wisconsin, and locally distributed in the east. Eastern Hog-nosed Snakes are strongly associated with sand soils.
Eastern Hog-nosed Snake Heterodon platirhinos. Uncommon to rare in many places where formerly common. Statewide in distribution. Often called “spreading adder,' this familiar snake is apparently declining for unknown reasons.
Other Names
Eastern Hog-nosed Snake, Spreading Adder, Black Adder, Black Blowing Viper, Black Hog-nosed Snake
Size
length 50cm - 115cm. average 71cm. Females are larger than males ...
Herpetology students studying an Eastern Hog-nosed Snake
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 See also: Hog, Hog-nosed Snake, Snake, Black rat, Eastern milk snake
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