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The western hognose snake is primarily diurnal. It is typically a docile snake (though known to be highly defensive in some individuals). If threatened (or perceiving a threat), it may flatten its neck (much like a cobra), hiss, and make 'mock' or 'bluff' strikes if harassed, which are strikes made at an intruder but with the snakes' mouth closed.
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 :
Hognose snake. Blonde hognose snake; Dusty hognose snake; Eastern hognose snake; Jan's hognose snake; Giant Malagasy hognose snake; Mexican hognose snake; Plains hognose snake; Ringed hognose snake; South American hognose snake; Southern hognose snake; Speckled hognose snake; Tri-color hognose snake; Western hognose snake; Hoop snake; Hundred pacer
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 ...
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 ...
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Eastern hognose snake: 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 ...
Long-nosed snake (Rhinocheilus lecontei) Note: Often only black and white. Western ground snake (Sonora semiannulata) Note: Extremely variable appearance; Western hognose snake (Heterodon nasicus) Western milk snake (Lampropeltis gentilis) Western patch-nosed snake (Salvadora hexilepis) Western shovelnose snake (Sonora occipitalis)