Eastern Hog-nosed Snake

Heterodon platirhinos

The Eastern Hog-nosed Snake has the most elaborate defensive display of any North American snake: it spreads its hood, hisses, and strikes with a closed mouth, then rolls over and plays dead convincingly.

Habitat

Sandy soils in open woodlands, fields, and coastal areas

Diet

Toads almost exclusively, also frogs and salamanders

How common

Common

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