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

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Recent observations

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tomlott

Date

Apr 17, 2005 09:05 AM CDT

Description

Juvenile active in a sandy live oak savanna at 459 ft elevation.

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tomlott

Date

Apr 3, 2004 12:05 PM CST

Description

AOR adult in live oak savanna; 438 ft elev.

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samfason

Date

Jun 10, 2012

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jesse-a-anderson

Date

May 30, 2013

Description

Swimming and trying to feign death in the water. First for me!

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andygluesenkamp

Date

Jul 13, 2009

Place

(Somewhere...)

Description

The wild turkeys alerted me to this Eastern hog-nosed snake in my yard.

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tomlott

Date

the past

Description

Adult male; same as NAFHA # 148622; active in a live oak savanna at 80F, 80%RH, PC.

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What

Eastern Hognose Snake Heterodon platirhinos

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toby

Date

May 19, 2013 09:13 PM CDT

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Eastern Hognose Snake Heterodon platirhinos

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toby

Date

May 19, 2013 03:29 PM CDT

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Eastern Hognose Snake Heterodon platirhinos

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natureranger

Date

May 11, 2013

Description

Road kill.

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Eastern Hognose Snake Heterodon platirhinos

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woody5

Date

May 3, 2012
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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.

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Conservation Summary

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