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EASTERN HOG-NOSE SNAKE
Heterodon platirhinos

Eastern Hognose Snake - Heterodon platirhinos  Heterodon platirhinos from  Bexar  County,  Texas  displaying
 neck-spreading defensive behavior           Photo by Charles Campa 		Eastern Hognose Snake - Heterodon platirhinos
 Heterodon platirhinos from  Brazos  County,  Texas  displaying
 neck-spreading defensive behavior                 Photo by Inna Kriger



Distribution:  In our region, this species occurs throughout the eastern half of Texas.

Legal Status:  This species has no protected status in our region.




Eastern Hognose Snake - Heterodon platirhinos
Heterodon platirhinos from Harris Co., Tx.  Photo by Rocio Church

Eastern Hognose Snake - Heterodon platirhinos  Heterodon platirhinos  from  Hood  County,  Texas  displaying
 neck-spreading defensive behavior                  Photo by Mark Pyle 		Eastern Hognose Snake - Heterodon platirhinos
 An exceptionally large (42 in.) Heterodon platirhinos from Hood
 County, Texas                                                   Photo by Mark Pyle

Red Phase Eastern Hognose Snake - Heterodon platirhinos Close-up  of  an  exceptional  "red phase"  Heterodon platirhinos
from Williamson County, Texas                         Photo by Chris Esau 		Red Phase Eastern Hognose Snake - Heterodon platirhinos Juvenile "red phase" Heterodon platirhinos  from Brazos Co., Tx.
displaying neck-spreading defensive behavior   Photo by Peggy Ross

Eastern Hognose Snake - Heterodon platirhinos Ventral view of a Heterodon platirhinos from Montgomery Co.,
Tx. feigning death                                         Photo by Nathan Wells

 Habitat of Heterodon platirhinos in Montgomery County, Texas Habitat of Heterodon platirhinos  from Montgomery County,  Tx.
                                                                     Photo by Nathan Wells
Eastern Hognose Snake - Heterodon platirhinos Gaping Heterodon platirhinos from Kendall Co., Tx. showing one
of its rear fangs                                          Photo by Saunders Drukker





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