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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.
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 ...
Adults are 35.5–61 cm (14–24 inches) in total length. Stout with a wide neck and a sharply upturned snout, they usually have 25 rows of keeled dorsal scales at midbody. [6] The dorsal color pattern consists of a light brown, yellowish, grayish, or reddish ground color, overlaid with a distinct row of dark blotches that alternate with ...
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.
Blonde hognose snake; Dusty hognose snake; Eastern hognose snake; ... King snake. California kingsnake; Desert kingsnake; Grey-banded kingsnake; North eastern king snake;
Duméril & Bibron, 1854. Leioheterodon madagascariensis, the Malagasy, Madagascar or Madagascan giant hognose (snake), is a harmless species of pseudoxyrhophiid snake endemic to the island nation of Madagascar. The species is also found on the country's smaller islands of Nosy Be, Nosy Mangabe, and Nosy Sakatia, as well as on the Comoros ...
Carphophis vermis. — Stejneger & T. Barbour, 1917[1] Carphophis amoena vermis. — Conant & Bridges, 1939[2] Carphophis amoenus vermis. — A.H. Wright & A.A. Wright, 1957[3] Carphophis vermis. — Conant & Collins, 1991[4] Carphophis vermis (common name western worm snake) [5] is a species of small, nonvenomous colubrid snake native to the ...
The eastern racer, or North American racer (Coluber constrictor), is a species of nonvenomous snake in the family Colubridae. ... pp. 351–352 + Plate 43 + Map 141).