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Flora & Fauna  >>  Hognose Snake

Eastern Hognose Snake

Eastern Hognose Snake

Heterodon platyrhinos

This Hognose snake was photographed on Red Trail near the foot bridge over Martin’s Branch at the Ivy Creek Natural Area.

Adults can reach almost four feet in length.

Eastern Hognose Snake

Hognose Snake #2, sniffing air with tongue - ©1997 Stowe Keller

See also: Eastern Hognose Snake at Study of Northern Virginia Ecology.

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