| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Heterodon |
| Species: | nasicus |
| Life span: |
10-20 years |
| Egg Gestation: |
Females will lay 4-20 eggs and hatch after about 50-65 days |
| Number of young at birth: | 4-20 |
| Age of maturity: | 2 years |
| Size: |
1-3 ft |
| Weight: |
0.5 lbs |
| Size at birth: | 5-9 in |
Facts:
- Found in open prairies, meadows, and flood plains of central North America from Southern Canada down to northern Mexico.
- Eat frogs, toads, salamanders, rodents, lizards, other small snakes and eggs
- Hognose snakes get their name from the upturned scale at the end of their snout which they use to dig in loose sand and soil.
- Mimic a rattlesnake for protection
- Flop around in an elaborate display of dying to fake out predators. They will stick out their tongue and flip on their backs until the threat has passed.
