hognose snake

So we decided to get Abby a nice hognose snake.

Hognose snakes sometimes roll over and play dead to avoid being eaten.

Hognose snakes are frequently found in the exotic pet trade.

Educating people that the hognose snake is harmless will increase the survival of the species.

Hognose snakes are extremely variable in color and pattern.

Here was a favorite, the hognose snake.

Other vertebrates include the Great Plains toad and western hognose snake.

This is because hognose snakes' instinct is to hibernate underground during the winter months.

This device is found in a variety of species including the grass snake (right) and the hognose snake (below).

The western hognose snake is primarily diurnal.

Hognose snakes are not easily angered however and one would have to be deliberately irking them to provoke a reaction.

The sandhills are home to many unique plants and animals; including some cacti and hognose snakes.

Lystrophis is the genus of tri-colored South American hognose snakes.

Hognose snakes belong to the family Colubridae and the genus Heterodon.

The Eastern hognose snake feeds extensively on amphibians, and has a particular fondness for toads.

Its most distinctive feature is an upturned snout, much like hognose snakes, which gives it its common name.

Left A spadefoot toad falls foul of one of its predators - the hognose snake.

The characteristic of all hognose snakes is their upturned snout, which aids in digging in the soil.

Both young and fully grown adults are a favourite food for predatory desert animals, mainly snakes and the hognose snake in particular.

Some authors elevate H. n. kennerlyi, also known as the Mexican hognose snake, to species level.

However, unlike hognose snakes, Mexican hooknose snakes have smooth dorsal scales.

The hognose snake is a type of colubrid snake characterized by an upturned snout.

The Eastern hognose snake, a New York State designated species of special concern, can still be found on the refuge.

"Hognose snakes.

Eastern hognose snakes are frequently available in the exotic pet trade, but due to their difficult dietary requirements they can be a challenge for some keepers.