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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 ...
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 :
The western hognose snake (Heterodon nasicus) is a species [2] of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to North America. There are three subspecies that are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies .
Leioheterodon madagascariensis, the Malagasy, Madagascar or Madagascan giant hognose (snake), is a harmless species of pseudoxyrhophiid snake endemic to the island nation of Madagascar. The species is also found on the country's smaller islands of Nosy Be , Nosy Mangabe , and Nosy Sakatia, as well as on the Comoros archipelago, in the ...
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]
Leioheterodon geayi, commonly known as Geay's hognose snake, the Madagascan speckled hognose snake, and the speckled hognose snake, is a species of mildly venomous snake in the family Lamprophiidae. The species is native to southwestern Madagascar .
Xenodon semicinctus, the ringed hognose snake, is a species of snake in the family, Colubridae. It is found in Argentina and Bolivia. [2] References
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 .