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[5] [40] Some of this habitat fragmentation may be due to eastern hognose snakes having a reluctance to cross paved roads. [41] In the Eastern United States, pitch pine-scrub oak barrens are an imperiled disturbance-dependent community that has declined substantially due to wildfires that have threatened vertebrates such as the eastern hognose ...
Venomous snakes, while they do have a place within ecosystems, can be removed if you find one in your yard or home. That doesn’t mean the snake has to die, however.
DeKay's brown snake: Storeria dekayi: Non-venomous Diamondback water snake: Nerodia rhombifer: Non-venomous Eastern garter snake: Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis: Non-venomous Eastern hognose snake: Heterodon platirhinos: Venomous Eastern ribbon snake: Thamnophis saurita saurita: Non-venomous Gray ratsnake: Pantherophis spiloides: Non-venomous ...
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 United States has about 30 species of venomous snakes, which include 23 species of rattlesnakes, three species of coral snakes, and four species of American moccasins. Although at least one species of venomous snake is found in every state except Hawaii, Maine, and Alaska.
Some states, such as the state of Colorado, have strict laws on keeping the western hognose snake. It is considered a native species to Colorado, so it is protected by law. The law states that an individual can keep no more than four native snakes, and forbids the shipping, selling, and breeding of them in the state of Colorado.
state endangered: very high: Diadophis punctatus edwardsii: 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 ...
Eastern glossy snake (Arizona elegans) Western worm snake (Carphophis vermis) Eastern racer (Coluber constrictor) Ringneck snake (Diadophis punctatus) Western hognose snake (Heterodon nasicus) Eastern hognose snake (Heterodon platirhinos) Night snake (Hypsiglena torquata) MT; Prairie kingsnake (Lampropeltis calligaster) Common kingsnake ...