Eastern hognose snake

Eastern hognose snake
	Eastern hog-nosed snake ; (southern Georgia morph)
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Heterodon
Species:	H. platirhinos
Binomial name
	Heterodon platirhinos; Latreille in Sonnini & Latreille, 1801
Synonyms
	Heterodon platirhinos ; Latreille in Sonnini & Latreille, 1801; Coluber heterodon ; Daudin, 1803; Heterodon niger ; Holbrook, 1842; Heterodon platyrhinos [sic] ; Baird & Girard, 1853; Heterodon platyrhinus [sic] ; A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854; Heterodon niger ; — A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1854; Heterodon browni ; Stejneger, 1903; Heterodon contortrix ; — M.J. Allen, 1932; Heterodon contortrix ; — Burt, 1935; Heterodon contortrix ; — Grant, 1937; Heterodon contortrix browni ; — Carr, 1940; Heterodon platirhinos ; — Conant & Collins, 1991; Heterodon platirhinos ; — Crother, 2000; Heterodon platyrhinos ; — Purser, 2003; Heterodon platirhinos ; — Wallach, K. Williams & Boundy, 2014;

The eastern hog-nosed snake (Heterodon platirhinos), is a species of mildly venomous rear-fanged snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to North America. There are no subspecies that are recognized as being valid. This species prefers habitats with sandy soils and a combination of grass fields and forest edges. They come in many different colorations and have the identifiable upturned "snout". They can be found in captivity but are a more difficult species to keep due to a specialized diet of toads.

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