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Definition of hognose snake in English: hognose snake(also hog-nosed snake) nounˈhɒɡnəʊzsneɪkˈhäɡ- A harmless burrowing American snake with an upturned snout. When threatened it inflates itself with air and hisses, and may feign death. Genus Heterodon, family Colubridae: several species Example sentencesExamples - Smooth rock beds along the ascending route look like pavement, and invite drowsy black racers and Eastern hog-nosed snakes to sunbathe.
- The Plains leopard frog, western green toad and Mexican hog-nosed snakes inhabit the area.
- The eastern hognose snake feeds on frogs and toads, but the young may eat crickets and other invertebrates.
- In reality the breath of hognose snakes is harmless.
- Reptiles are common including ground boas and hog-nosed snakes and plenty of chameleons.
- Like most hognose snakes, the Mexican Hognose is considered slightly venomous but harmless to humans.
- The unique physical characteristic of hognose snakes is their nose, which is turned up like a pig's snout.
- Not dangerous to man, the western hognose snake uses a slightly toxic saliva to help subdue its prey.
- The eastern hognose snake is a medium sized snake that often startles people the first time they see one.
- The eastern hognose snake has a pair of enlarged teeth in the rear part of its upper jaw, which possibly help in swallowing large prey.
- If this show proves unsuccessful, the hognose snake will turn over on its back and play dead.
- The eastern hognose snake is renowned for its ‘death feigning’ behavior.
- Young hognose snakes are prone to drying out and seem to require a higher humidity than the adults.
- If cared for properly, hognose snakes can be expected to live between 10 and 15 years.
- I highly recommend feeding prekilled prey for hognose snakes as these snakes do not constrict their prey.
- Young Eastern hog-nosed snakes, for example, feign death if they sense a threat.
- The hognose snake is sometimes nicknamed the ‘Puff adder’, because one of its bluffs when threatened is to swell its head and neck so it looks larger.
- The hog-nosed snake bluffs predators by spreading its head and neck and hissing.
- The eastern hog-nosed snake is found in Canada and the United States.
- Eastern hog-nosed snakes are harmless but are often mistaken for venomous rattlesnake species.
Definition of hognose snake in US English: hognose snake(also hog-nosed snake) nounˈhäɡ- A harmless burrowing American snake with an upturned snout. When threatened it inflates itself with air and hisses, and may feign death. Genus Heterodon, family Colubridae: several species Example sentencesExamples - The eastern hognose snake has a pair of enlarged teeth in the rear part of its upper jaw, which possibly help in swallowing large prey.
- Eastern hog-nosed snakes are harmless but are often mistaken for venomous rattlesnake species.
- Like most hognose snakes, the Mexican Hognose is considered slightly venomous but harmless to humans.
- If this show proves unsuccessful, the hognose snake will turn over on its back and play dead.
- The eastern hog-nosed snake is found in Canada and the United States.
- The Plains leopard frog, western green toad and Mexican hog-nosed snakes inhabit the area.
- If cared for properly, hognose snakes can be expected to live between 10 and 15 years.
- Young Eastern hog-nosed snakes, for example, feign death if they sense a threat.
- The unique physical characteristic of hognose snakes is their nose, which is turned up like a pig's snout.
- The hognose snake is sometimes nicknamed the ‘Puff adder’, because one of its bluffs when threatened is to swell its head and neck so it looks larger.
- Young hognose snakes are prone to drying out and seem to require a higher humidity than the adults.
- Smooth rock beds along the ascending route look like pavement, and invite drowsy black racers and Eastern hog-nosed snakes to sunbathe.
- I highly recommend feeding prekilled prey for hognose snakes as these snakes do not constrict their prey.
- In reality the breath of hognose snakes is harmless.
- The hog-nosed snake bluffs predators by spreading its head and neck and hissing.
- Reptiles are common including ground boas and hog-nosed snakes and plenty of chameleons.
- The eastern hognose snake is a medium sized snake that often startles people the first time they see one.
- The eastern hognose snake feeds on frogs and toads, but the young may eat crickets and other invertebrates.
- The eastern hognose snake is renowned for its ‘death feigning’ behavior.
- Not dangerous to man, the western hognose snake uses a slightly toxic saliva to help subdue its prey.
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