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  • Scientific names
    • Heterodon contortrix browni
    • Heterodon contortrix
    • Heterodon browni
    • Coluber heterodon
    • Heterodon platirhinos
    • Heterodon platyrhinus
    • Heterodon platyrhinos
    • Heterodon niger
  • German
    • Hakennasennatter
    • Östliche Hakennatter
    • Ostliche Hakennatter
  • English
    • Eastern Hog-nosed Snake
    • Eastern Hognose Snake

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Observer

keegansmith417

Date

Apr 14, 2012

Place

Jefferson County Missouri (Google, OSM)

Description

Something that I have noticed about Missouri's Eastern hogs is that they retain their juvenile saddles unlike most of Illinois Eastern hogs. Incredible no matter where they are found. They still have the same attitude :]

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What

Eastern Hognose Snake Heterodon platirhinos

Observer

eric_hunt

Date

Mar 24, 2012 10:24 AM CDT

Description

Species from eastern North America

Common name: Eastern hog-nosed snake

Photographed in the Arkansas Arboretum at Pinnacle Mountain State Park, Pulaski County, Arkansas

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Eastern Hognose Snake Heterodon platirhinos

Observer

awebster

Date

Aug 7, 2011

Description

H. platirhinos found DOR in the AM. Clare County, Michigan.

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Description from Wikipedia

The Eastern Hognose Snake (Heterodon platirhinos) is a harmless colubrid species found in North America. No subspecies are currently recognized.

Source: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. http://www.iucnredlist.org/technical-documents/spatial-data. Downloaded March 2011.