#heterodon

[herpsandbirds]

Southern Hognose Snake (Heterodon simus), Red Phase, family Colubridae, Florida, USA

Rear fanged, mildly venomous.

photograph by Bladerunner8u

#hognose snake #rear fanged #snake #heterodon #colubridae #reptile #herpetology #animals #nature #north america

[snototter]

An Eastern hog-nosed snake, spreading adder, or bastard rattlesnake (Heterodon platirhinos) in the North Carolina sandhills, USA

by Bill Barham

#eastern hog-nosed snake #hog nosed snake #hognose #snakes #reptiles #heterodon platirhinos #heterodon #colubridae #serpentes #squamata #reptilia #chordata #wildlife: north carolina #wildlife: usa

[valvaren]

Taking a few clients for customs on my Hognose, Ball Python and Dart Frog bases. DM with reference pictures for quotes! 

#hognose snake #Ball Pythons #dart frogs #heterodon #Python regius #frogs #snakes #snakes of tumblr #reptiles #reptiles of tumblr #art #reptile art #animal art #Western Hognose #valvaren #valvarenart

[reptimoe]

He's a good boy

#Puff is starting to show up everyday to roam around and eat well #hognose #western hognose #heterodon #heterodon nasicus #snake #reptile #hognose snake #reptiblr #herpblr #snakeblr #Puff snake

[grollow]

Blelelelelele

My friend Abby at Wallflower Herpetoculture shared this with me. They don’t use Tumblr so y’all get the hilarity from me instead.

#albino western hognose #western hognose #snakes #heterodon #heterodonnasicus

[astanula]

Fuck it. Baby Heterodon nasicus

This western hognose snake was kept at a place I did animal care volunteering at for a while. He’s not there anymore but god he’s adorable

#snakes #heterodon #reptiles

[friendly-neighborhood-arsonist]

Did you know that hognose snakes pop toads? This is a popular snake fun fact. It’s believed by not just the general public but experienced reptile keepers and herpetologists as well. However it actually isn’t true! The herpetologist that learned hognoses eat toads saw their enlarged rear fangs, knew that toads puffed up when defensive and deduced that those fangs must be used to pop toads case closed... without actually looking into it. This fact spread throughout the reptile community and was assumed to be true. Even though we now have literature to disprove it. A hognose snake’s rear fangs server 2 main purposes. Delivering venom to prey and guiding the prey better down their throat. I heard of a study that measured hognose snakes’ rear fang length and compared that to the toads and learned that their fangs were too short to go all the way through the toad’s skin. I was unable to locate this study. It does probably exist I just couldn’t find it. However I did find another study that I believe was focused on the feeding behavior of hognose snakes (by hognose snakes I’m reoffering specifically to genus Heterodon and maybe tricolor hogs I’m unsure about them) including how the hognoses ate toads. They found that they did deflate toads but they didn’t “pop” them. After the hognose had gotten most of the toad into it’s mouth it would use it’s strong jaws to press down. This did not “pop” the toad but rather the pressure was great enough that it pressed the air out of the toad likely through the toad’s mouth. Think of it as pressing down on a balloon or pool float to remove the air faster rather than popping it with a pin or an extreme amount of pressure. I don’t have the study on hand but I can go try to locate it again if anyone wants to give it a read.

#animal #animals #nature #wild #wildlife #reptile #reptiles #snake #snakes #herp #herps #toad #toads #hognose #hognose snake #hognosesnake #western hognose #plains hognose #colubrid #heterodon #heterodon nasicus #herpetology #science #biology #prey #predator #cool #interesting #debunk #myth

[fellowshipofthenoodles]

Very scary young animal

#Lava Lamp #reptiblr #western hognose #heterodon nasicus #snake #the noodles

[i-m-snek]

Lil’ man so smol he gets lost in the fluff

#kirby #western hognose #snow hognose #reptiblr #Heterodon nasicus

[defilerwyrm]

This little man took his first pinky today! 🐍 No hesitation whatsoever, either. When he was done with that, he ate a nano frog link, too! (Pictured: Astarion several hours before feeding; he is much fatter in the middle now)

#western hognose #hognose snake #plains hognose #heterodon nasicus #drama noodle #astarion the hognose #pets #cute #animals #meatspace #reptile #reptiblr #snek #snakes

[fgethearies]

This is my daughter - she is the best best baby

#snake #western hognose #hognose snake #heterodon nasicus #snakes #cute #good snek #smol snek #my snek #cute snek #is the amazon snake cat real?

[herpsandbirds]

Southern Hognose Snake (Heterodon simus), family Colubridae, found in the SE United States

Rear fanged, mildly venomous.

photograph by Mike Martin Amphibian and Reptile Conservancy

#hognose snake #heterodon #colubridae #rear fanged #snake #reptile #herpetology #animals #nature #north america

[squishyfauna]

Yuzu 🍋👻

Etsy

#western hognose #Heterodon nasicus #reptiles #snakes #digital art #squishyfauna

[reptimoe]

Puff is so big now? When did this happen!!! He was just a little tiny worm a year ago!

#reptile #snake #hognose #western hognose #plain hognose #heterodon #heterodon nasicus #reptiblr #snakeblr

[cocosnoodle]

Local idiot acts like i poisoned her crops every time i clean her tank

#reptiblr #snake #hognose snake #reptile #heterodon nasicus #western hognose #pet snake #cocosnoodle

[bufomancer]

the cutest little cinnamon bun baby boy

#ricearoni #reptiblr #western hognose #heterodon nasicus