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Eastern hognose snake. The eastern hog-nosed snake[ 3 ] (Heterodon platirhinos), is a species of mildly venomous rear-fanged snake in the family Colubridae. The venom is specifically adapted to amphibian prey and is harmless to humans. However, some people may have an allergic reaction, and experience local swelling and other symptoms.
Hognose snake is a common name for several unrelated species of snakes with upturned snouts, classified in two colubrid snake families and one pseudoxyrhophiid snake family. They include the following genera: Heterodon, which occur mainly in the United States and northern Mexico. Leioheterodon, the hognose snakes native to Madagascar.
The western hognose snake is a relatively small, stout-bodied snake. Its color and pattern is highly variable between subspecies, although most specimens appear much like rattlesnakes to the untrained eye, which appears to be Batesian mimicry. Males are considerably smaller than females, with adults rarely exceeding a total length (including ...
Binomial name. Heterodon simus. (Linnaeus, 1766) Synonyms. Coluber simus Linnaeus, 1766. Heterodon simus — Holbrook, 1842[3] Adult Southern Hognose Snake, H. Simus. Heterodon simus, commonly known as the southern hog-nosed snake, is a harmless [4] snake species endemic to the southeastern United States. No subspecies are currently recognized.
Heterodon kennerlyi. — H.M. Smith et al., 2003. Heterodon kennerlyi, also known commonly as the Mexican hognose snake, Kennerly's hog-nosed snake, and la trompa de cerdo mexicana in Mexican Spanish, is a species of snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. The species is native to the southwestern United States and adjacent ...
Xenodon pulcher was sometimes previously described as Lystrophis pulcher. [2] This genus describes the South American hognose snakes, which while similar in appearance to North American (Heterodon) and Madagascan (Leioheterodon) hognoses, are not closely related. This snake's common names include tricolor hognose snake, banded hognose snake ...
Synonyms [1] Atomarchus, Chilopoma, Eutaenia, Eutainia, Phamnovis, Prymnomiodon, Stypocemus, Tropidonote, Tropidonotus. Garter snake is the common name for small to medium-sized snakes belonging to the genus Thamnophis in the family Colubridae. They are native to North and Central America, ranging from central Canada in the north to Costa Rica ...
The eastern racer, or North American racer (Coluber constrictor), is a species of nonvenomous snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to North America and Central America. Eleven subspecies, including the nominotypical subspecies, are recognized, which as a group are commonly referred to as the eastern racers.