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Category: NRID RESOURCE MANAGEMENT Photo Title: Hog-nose snakeJORD: Jordan Lake State Recreation Area
File Name: [pid 8552]Original File Size: 3264 x 2448 pixels
Photographer: Stephen TillotsonDate photo taken: 2008-09-10
Group: REPTILE Order: SQUAMATAFamily: COLUBRIDAE
SciName: Heterodon platirhinos (Linnaeus, 1766) ComName: Eastern Hog-nosed Snake
Comment: When removed from the women's restroom, this snake hissed alot and took offensive stance like a pit viper.
Eastern+Hog-nosed+Snake (<I>Heterodon platirhinos</I>), Jordan Lake State Recreation Area, North Carolina, United States
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Photo 41 JORI

Photo 42 JORI

Photo 43 JORI

Photo 44 JORI
Juvenile

Photo 45 JORI

Photo 46 JORI

Photo 47 JORI
Found near main dune in the morning. Followed a snake track in the sand to find him
Photo 48 KELA
roadkill

Photo 49 KELA

Photo 50 KELA

Photo 51 LAJA

Photo 52 LAJA

Photo 53 LAJA

Photo 54 LANO

Photo 55 LANO

Photo 56 LAWA
Juvenile - pattern, coloration and body form bears resemblance to a Pygmy Rattlesnake - perhaps some protection is afforded.

Photo 57 LAWA

Photo 58 LURI

Photo 59 LURI

Photo 60 MEMI
this is Heterodon platirhinos, not N. fasciata. Note the infraorbital ring of scales, the pointed snout/rostral, stouter body and indistinct pattern.
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