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    Species Accepted

    Heterodon nasicus Baird & Girard, 1852

    Dusty Hognose Snake
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Heterodon
    IUCNLeast Concern

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Recorded as introduced in 3 countries or islands

      3 results
      Introduced inAccording toInvasiveOccurrences in GBIF
      BelgiumNo
      BelgiumNoUnknown
      South AfricaNo
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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      21 results
      Cobra-nariz-de-porco-ocidental Portuguese
      Culebra-nariz de cerdo occidental Spanish
      Dusty Hognose Snake English
      Dusty Hognose Snake [gloydi] English
      Plains Hog-nosed Snake English
      Plains Hognose Snake English
      Serpente muso di porco Italian
      Vestlig Trynesnog Danish
      Western Hog-nosed Snake English
      Western Hognose English

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      93 results
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      Werning, & Heiko. (2012). Die Reptilien und Amphibien des Südwestens. Draco 13 (50): 18-60.
      Klesius, & Thomas. (2013). Wenn die Kälte kommt – die Überwinterung von Schlangen. Draco 14 (55): 50-56.
      Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy. (2014). Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue]. Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 Pp.
      Nicholson, K. E. (ed.). (2025). Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico, with Comments Regarding Confidence in Our Understanding. 9th edition. SSAR, 87 Pp.
      Kroll, J. C. (1977). Self-Wounding While Death Feigning by Western Hognose Snakes (Heterodon nasicus). Copeia 1977 (2): 372-373.
      DURSO, ANDREW M.; TROY J. KIERAN, TRAVIS C. GLENN & STEPHEN J. MULLIN. (2022). Comparison of Three Methods for Measuring Dietary Composition of Plains Hog-nosed Snakes. Herpetologica 78(2):119-132.
      Bakker, & John. (1997). Striking nest behaviour of Heterodon nasicus nasicus. Litteratura Serpentium 17 (1): 10-11.
      Adams, Amy A. Yackel, Daniel J. Martin and Rod D. Adams. (2015). Heterodon nasicus (plains hog-nosed snake) diet. Herpetological Review 46 (4): 645.
      Kennicott, R. (1860). Descriptions of new species of North American serpents in the museum of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 12: 328-338.

      Citation

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