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    What type of snake is this?

    I have grown up on a ranch in the Hondo/ Bandera area my whole life and had only seen this snake once before. Today we found this guy on a trail at Enchanted Rock and took some pictures before moving him well off the trail for his own good. Did not want him harmed. I think it is cool that they flatten out to make themselves look bigger as protection.


    Last edited by meathunter; 03-19-2010, 03:25 PM.

    #2
    It looks like a hognose snake, but I've only seen a couple of them.

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      #3
      Om my blackberry but look's lik a hognose to me.

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        #4
        Hognose or we called them spreadnatters!

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          #5
          Looks like maybe a Hognose.

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            #6
            Do hognose flatten out like that to look like a cobra?

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              #7
              yep, its to make them look bigger and scare the predator away.

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                #8
                Western Hognose

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                  #9
                  spread natter, I used to hunt across the street from enchanted rock!!

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                    #10
                    cant tell from the picture but is his nose pointed upward?

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                      #11
                      Hognose / Spread'n atter - I find them routinely in my tack / feed rooms

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                        #12
                        Originally posted by art745 View Post
                        cant tell from the picture but is his nose pointed upward?
                        No he is laying flat.

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                          #13
                          Originally posted by slayer View Post
                          yep, its to make them look bigger and scare the predator away.
                          Kewl!!! I learned something new today!!!!

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                            #14
                            Originally posted by meathunter View Post
                            Do hognose flatten out like that to look like a cobra?
                            Ya, they flatten their necks like a cobra and hiss if they feel threatened, but they hardly ever strike in defense. It's kind of funny that this kind of snake will even roll over on its back and "play dead."

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                              #15
                              this is the western hognose see how the tip of the nose it kinda bent upward



                              if it was then most likely a hognose since it was flattening out.
                              Last edited by El Coyote; 03-19-2010, 03:41 PM.

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