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The western hognose snake (Heterodon nasicus) is a species [2] ... In captivity, the species has been bred into about 52 different "designer" color morphs. [7]
Hognose snakes are extremely variable in color and pattern. Heterodon nasicus and H. kennerlyi tend to be sandy colored with black and white markings, while H. platirhinos varies from reds, greens, oranges, browns, to melanistic (i.e. black) depending on locality. They are sometimes blotched and sometimes solid-colored.
The color pattern is extremely variable. H. nasicus tends to be sandy-colored with black and white markings, while H. platirhinos varies from reds, greens, oranges, browns, to black depending on locality. They are sometimes blotched and sometimes solid-colored.
Heterodon nasicus: Least concern: Nonvenomous; adults reach 16–26 inches (41–66 cm); color varies from light yellow or olive color with systematic brown blotches [10] [11] Eastern hognose snake: Heterodon platyrhinos: Least concern: Nonvenomous; adults reach 20–33 inches (51–84 cm); color varies from gray to brown with dark brown ...
The western hognose snake (Heterodon nasicus) is a harmless colubrid species found in North America and northern Mexico. The western hognose snake is a light sandy brown, with darker brown or gray blotching, their coloration is not nearly as variable as the eastern hognose, Heterodon platirhinos , but they often have an ink-black and white or ...
Plains Hog-nosed Snake Heterodon nasicus nasicus [2] Eastern Hog-nosed Snake Heterodon platirhinos. Prairie Kingsnake Lampropeltis calligaster calligaster. Speckled Kingsnake Lampropeltis getula holbrooki. Red Milk Snake Lampropeltis triangulum syspila. Eastern Coachwhip Masticophis flagellum flagellum. Mississippi Green Water Snake Nerodia ...
Heterodon platirhinos: extreme southeastern fringe of the state 20 - 33 inches in length, slightly upturned snout (as compared to the Plains hognose snake), highly variable in colouration (with dark blotches along center, and alternating spots on each side) Western fox snake: Pantherophis ramspotti: far southeastern South Dakota
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]