Eastern Hognose
(Heterodon platirhinos)
Latreille, 1801
Genus
Heterodon
Species
platirhinos
Subspecies
N/A
Common Name
Eastern Hognose
Other Names
Spreading Adder, Puff Adder, Black Hognose
Conservation
Status
Global: G5
Alabama: S5
(What does this mean?)
Alabama Moderate Conservation Concern: P3
Taxa with conservation problems because of insufficient data or because of two of four of the following: small populations; limited, disjunct, or peripheral distribution; decreasing population trend/population viability problems specialized habitat needs/habitat vulnerability due to natural/human caused factors. Research and/or conservation action recommended.
Taxon
Heterodon platirhinos — WALLACH et al. 2014: 329
Heterodon platirhinos LATREILLE in SONNINI & LATREILLE 1801: 32
Coluber heterodon DAUDIN 1803
Scytale niger DAUDIN 1803: 342
Heterodon niger — TROOST 1836: 186
Heterodon annulatus — TROOST 1836: 188
Heterodon tigrinus — TROOST 1836: 189
Heterodon cognatus BAIRD & GIRARD 1853: 54
Heterodon platyrhinos — BAIRD & GIRARD 1853
Heterodon atmodes BAIRD & GIRARD 1853: 57
Heterodon platyrhinus [sic] — DUMÉRIL, BIBRON & DUMÉRIL 1854: 766
Heterodon niger — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1854: 769 (fide WALLACH)
Heterodon platyrhinus — GARMAN 1884: 75
Heterodon platyrhinus var. niger — GARMAN 1884: 75
Heterodon browni STEJNEGER 1903
Heterodon plathyrrinus — FALK 1925 (in error)
Heterodon contortrix LINNÉ — ALLEN 1932
Heterodon contortrix LINNÉ — BURT 1935
Heterodon contortrix — GRANT 1937
Heterodon contortrix browni — CARR 1940
Heterodon platirhinos — MEHRTENS 1987: 189
Heterodon platirhinos — CONANT & COLLINS 1991: 175
Heterodon platirhinos — CROTHER 2000: 62
Heterodon platyrhinos — PURSER 2003
Heterodon platyrhinos — ZAPPLORTI 2012
Heterodon platirhinos — WALLACH et al. 2014: 329
Coluber heterodon DAUDIN 1803
Scytale niger DAUDIN 1803: 342
Heterodon niger — TROOST 1836: 186
Heterodon annulatus — TROOST 1836: 188
Heterodon tigrinus — TROOST 1836: 189
Heterodon cognatus BAIRD & GIRARD 1853: 54
Heterodon platyrhinos — BAIRD & GIRARD 1853
Heterodon atmodes BAIRD & GIRARD 1853: 57
Heterodon platyrhinus [sic] — DUMÉRIL, BIBRON & DUMÉRIL 1854: 766
Heterodon niger — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1854: 769 (fide WALLACH)
Heterodon platyrhinus — GARMAN 1884: 75
Heterodon platyrhinus var. niger — GARMAN 1884: 75
Heterodon browni STEJNEGER 1903
Heterodon plathyrrinus — FALK 1925 (in error)
Heterodon contortrix LINNÉ — ALLEN 1932
Heterodon contortrix LINNÉ — BURT 1935
Heterodon contortrix — GRANT 1937
Heterodon contortrix browni — CARR 1940
Heterodon platirhinos — MEHRTENS 1987: 189
Heterodon platirhinos — CONANT & COLLINS 1991: 175
Heterodon platirhinos — CROTHER 2000: 62
Heterodon platyrhinos — PURSER 2003
Heterodon platyrhinos — ZAPPLORTI 2012
Heterodon platirhinos — WALLACH et al. 2014: 329
Description:
Description
Scale distinction: Keeled dorsal scales in 21-25 rows, usually 25 (midbody). A divided anal plate
Shown in yellow. The scale or scales directly covering the…. Split subcaudial scales.
Ventral Pattern (Note color under tail the same as the body)
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Ecology:
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