Eastern Hog-nosed Snake
Heterodon platirhinos
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- H. platyrhinos – Bexar Co, TX – photo by Charles Campa
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- H. platyrhinos – Brazos Co, TX – photo by Inna Kriger
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- H. platyrhinos – Brazos Co, TX – photo by Toby Hibbits
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- H. platyrhinos – Harris Co, TX – photo by Rocio Church
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- H. platyrhinos – Hood Co, TX – photo by Mark Pyle
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- H. platyrhinos – Hood Co, TX – photo by Mark Pyle
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- H. platyrhinos Pose exposing left rear fang – Kendall Co, TX – photo by Saunders Drukker
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- H. platyrhinos – Motley Co, TX – photo by Ben Stupavsky
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- H. platyrhinos – Williamson Co, TX – photo by Chris Esau
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- Map by Steve Bledsoe, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Heterodon platyrhinos occurs in eastern, northeastern and southeastern Texas.
LEGAL STATUS: No Listings
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Heterodon platirhinos (Latreille – 1802)
Genus: Heterodon, Greek – heteros = different + odontos = tooth – ref. elarged posterior maxillary teeth
Species: platirhinos, Greek – plati = broad or flat + rhinos = nose — ref. flat enlarged rostral scale on moderately upturned snout
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006