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Xenodon dorbignyi, the South American hognose snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to southern South America. The species is native to southern South America. There are four recognized subspecies .
Leioheterodon modestus, also known as the blonde hognose snake, is a species of harmless, rear-fanged (opisthoglyphous) snake in the family Pseudoxyrhophiidae. It is endemic to Madagascar. [1] [2] Regarding conservation and population, it is considered a species of least concern. [1] The mineralized skeleton of this snake contains apatite. [3]
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 :
Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikimedia Commons; Wikispecies; ... Giant Malagasy hognose snake L. madagascariensis:
Mexican hognose snake Southern Texas into northern Mexico. Sometimes considered a subspecies of H. nasicus: H. nasicus: Baird & Girard, 1852 2 (sometimes elevated to species status, based on two scale characters) [11] Western hognose snake Southeastern Alberta and southwestern Manitoba in Canada, south to southeastern Arizona and Texas in the ...
The eastern hognose snake feeds extensively on amphibians, and has a particular fondness for toads. This snake has resistance to the toxins toads secrete. This immunity is thought to come from enlarged adrenal glands which secrete large amounts of hormones to counteract the toads' powerful skin poisons. At the rear of each upper jaw, it has ...
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 northeastern Mexico [1]
Northern ringneck snake: everywhere but central 2/3: uncommon: minimal Farancia abacura reinwardtii: Western mud snake: southwestern tip: state endangered (extirpated) minimal Heterodon platirhinos: Eastern hognose snake: throughout: uncommon: minimal Lampropeltis calligaster calligaster: Prairie kingsnake: southwest, southcentral, and along ...