What is the western hognose snake?
western hognose Snake, heterodon Siicus is a small member of the Colubrid Snake family, ranging from 16 to 36 inches (about 40 to 90 cm). Also known as Puff Adder, it is originally from the Midwest United States, but is also found in parts of South Canada and Northern Mexico. Hognose snakes are very different in color, and from other types of snakes, they differ in their strong appearance and inverted muzzle. Their diet consists of small rodents, amphibians and reptiles.
The snake is not considered dangerous and rarely bites people. It has a large, grooved teeth in the back of the mouth that carry a slight poison that is assumed to be used to conquer prey. Hognose snakes are usually not aggressive if they do not cure, which can make them hostile.
There are many defense methods that Had Western Hognose employs. The front of the danger, the western hognose snake, will firmly connect the tail to resemble CRattlesnake grab and often inflate the hood on the neck similar to a cobra. If he still feels threatened, he will be loud and struggled on the perpetrator to try to scare him. The last option will be to play dead, flip over on his back, usually with his mouth and tongue hanging out. If it is treated, it will not try to fight, but if it is placed on the abdomen, it will immediately fit again on the back.
Had Western Hognose has numerous colored varieties from tan to brown or gray, with small spots on the back and two or three weak or distinct dark spots on its sides. Most of the western hognos snakes have large black spots on the underside. They are active during the day in prairies, grass stands and floods. While abundant in lowlands, they can also live up to 8,000 feet (2,450 m) above the sea level.
June and September will lay four to 23 eggs with a thin shell in soft sandy soil. Young snakes hatch seven to nine weeks later. Hatchlings is between6-7 ½ ”(15-19 cm) and after two years they achieve maturity.
The subspecies of the western Hognos Snake, the plain of the Hognos Snake or h. It differs in appearance in that it has more than 35-40 central spots and nine or more scales between prefrontal scales on the head.
Plains Hognoske Hadi are located from Alberta and Manitoba, Canada south to Texas and New Mexico in the United States. Both plains of Hognos Snake and Western Hognose Snake are smaller than a similar snake Eastern Hognos, h.