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The long-nosed snake is distinguished by a long, slightly upturned snout, which is the origin of its common name. It is tricolor, vaguely resembling a coral snake, with black and red saddling on a yellow or cream-colored background. Cream-colored spots within the black saddles are a distinct characteristic of the long-nosed snake.
Rhinocheilus is a genus of snakes, commonly called the long-nosed snakes, in the family Colubridae. [1] The genus is native to the western United States and Mexico . Species and subspecies
The western hognose snake (Heterodon nasicus) is a species [2] of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to North America. There are three subspecies that are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies .
The Texas long-nosed snake is a tricolor subspecies. Its color pattern consists of a cream-colored or white body, overlaid with black blotches, with red between the black. This color pattern gives it an appearance vaguely similar to that of a venomous coral snake, Micrurus tener or Micruroides euryxanthus. It has an elongated snout, to which ...
Ahaetulla nasuta, also known as Sri Lankan green vine snake and long-nosed whip snake, is a venomous, slender green tree snake endemic to Sri Lanka. Etymology [ edit ]
Members of the genus are commonly known as hognose snakes, hog-nosed snakes, [3] North American hog-nosed snakes, [2] and colloquially puff adders [4] (though they should not be confused with the venomous African vipers of the genus Bitis).
Salvadora hexalepis, the western patch-nosed snake, is a species of non-venomous colubrid snake, which is endemic to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. [ 5 ] Geographic range
The Western hooknose snake is a small species, growing to 36.5 cm (14 + 3 ⁄ 8 in) in total length (including tail). It is gray or grayish brown in color, with 25-48 dark brown or black blotches down the back, [3] and a cream-colored underside. It has a slightly upturned snout, to which the common name, "hooknose", refers.