Eastern Hognose Snake
Heterodon platirhinos
Photo by JD Willson
Description: Eastern hognose snakes are stocky snakes whose name is derived from their upturned snout.
Eastern Hognose Snake
(Heterodon platirhinos)
DESCRIPTION: The Eastern Hognose Snake gets its name from its upturned snout and broad head. The broad head often gives people the false impression that it is venomous.
Eastern Hognose Snake (Heterodon platirhinos)
Eastern Hognose Snakes are named for their upturned, pointed snout, which looks a little like a hog's nose if you use your imagination.
Moore Co., NC 4/20/05.
Western Hognose Snake
Relatives in same Genus
Eastern Hognose Snake (H. platirhinos) ...
Hognose snakes are opisthoglyphous (having fangs at the back of the mouth) and they use this feature to "deflate" toads which may puff themselves up with air to unswallowable proportions.
Hognose snakes feed almost exclusively on toads, although they will occasionally consume other prey.
When first approached or threatened, a Hognose Snake will begin to hiss very loudly. It will begin to flatten out its neck, revealing two large black spots on the neck.
Eastern Hognose Snake
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Heterodon platirhinos (20-33", up to 45") ...
Hognose Snake, Eastern
Heterodon platyrhinos
Kingsnake, Black
Lampropeltis getulus niger ...
Dusty Hognose Snake - Heterodon nasicus gloydi
GENUS Elaphe
Texas Rat Snake - Elaphe obsoleta lindheimeri ...
eastern hognose snake
Mississippi ringneck snake
northern scarlet snake
pine woods snake
rough green snake ...
The Eastern Hognose Snake (Heterodon platirhinos) is a species of special concern class 3 in West Virginia. The current status of H. platirhinos populations within the state is unknown. Over the majority of H.
Eastern Hognose Snake - Heterodon platirhinos
Description: 20 - 33 ½" (51 - 85 cm). Color is variable from black to brown to olive to orange. Tip of nose is upturned. Scales are heavily keeled. Blotched patterns often present on back.
eastern hognose snake (Heterodon platyrhinos)
eastern kingsnake (Lampropeltis getula getula)
eastern milksnake (Lampropeltis triangulum triangulum)
eastern mud snake (Farancia abacura abacura)
eastern mud turtle (Kinosternon subrubrum subrubrum) ...
The southern hognose snake and its more common relative, the eastern hognose snake, are often called puff adder or spreading adder. When threatened, a hognose snake will raise its head, flatten its neck and hiss loudly.
I also breed Western Hognose snakes, fire skinks, Imperial and Buthid scorpions and on and off chinese mantids of different sorts.
When threatened, hognose snakes puff up with air, flatten their necks and bodies, and hiss loudly.
When all else fails, hognose snakes will resort to 'playing dead.' They flop over onto their backs, open their mouths, and remain motionless until out of danger.
Toads are an important part of the diet of hognose snakes. Raccoons and skunks also feed on them occasionally, but they will take care to avoid the toad's distasteful glands.
Habitat and range ...
Eastern hognose snake
Eastern milk snake
Eastern massasauga rattler (Endangered)
Northern redbelly snake
Northern ribbon snake
Northern ringneck snake
Northern water snake
Prairie ringneck snake
Queen snake
Smooth green snake ...
Genus Lystrophis (South American hognose snakes)
Genus Lytorhynchus (leafnose snakes)
Genus Macrocalamus (mountain reed snakes) ...
Some other harmless snakes that you may find in your yard are black rat snakes, fox snakes, hognose snakes and banded water snakes.
Timber Rattlesnake
Juvenile Rat Snakes, Northern Water Snake, Hognose Snakes
Coloration/Pattern Photos:
Adults ...
Klemens (1993) dissected spotted salamanders from the stomachs of a garter snake (Thamnophis siralis) and Babbitt (1932) reported consumption by a hognose snake (Heterodon platirhinos).
 See also: Snake, Eastern Hognose Snake, Reptile, Lizard, Rattlesnake
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