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Heterodon platirhinos
A very lively hognose snake that was hooded and hissing a lot.
Found by a small creek under a rock in late spring.
This snake was a very cool snake and it was found while looking for scorpions under rocks by a little creek/drainage pond.
Spotted on May 15, 2013
Submitted on Dec 11, 2013
7 Comments
Since you know the scientific name, Mitchell, please add it to your spotting. Until you do so, it is considered unidentified. Thanks.
Platirhinos Scott Frazier
Heterodon platirhinos or Heterodon nasicus??
amazing creatures!
Jemma, they just try to scare of predators by being big (flaring of the neck) and hissing. If that doesn't work, they play dead. Many snakes can and will shake their tail rapidly to hit leaf litter to mimic a rattlesnake, but that isn't super common for this species. They are most noted for just playing dead.
they all like to mimic rattle snakes ,don't they?
Welcome to Project Noah, Mitchell.ballis50
I notice that you spotting have not the scientific name,if you know it,it's good to add it so the spotting can be considered us ID and to let others learnd more with your spotting :-)
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