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To answer your question, they are rear-fanged, comparable to the southern African boomslang and are technically venomous, but the venom they excrete is not considered to be dangerous to humans and they will never bite in defense (as the only way to get bitten by a hognose snake is to smell like their prey). There has been some debate whether or not hognose are venomous, but there is evidence that their saliva has some toxicity to smaller prey items, such as toads and frogs. The fangs have been referred to as just "enlarged teeth", but they are genuine fangs that are used for venom delivery and also prey restraint. Despite the common belief, there is no evidence to support the fangs being used for "toad popping". Under this belief, the toads inflate their lungs to make swallowing difficult, but the fangs would penetrate the lungs and deflate them. However, whole toads with intact lungs are commonly regurgitated by recently captured hognoses.
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Can a hognose snake kill a hog?
Nope - the Hognose snake only grows to around 18 inches !
Is a Mexican hognose snake poisonous?
No. Hognose snakes are nonvenomous.
What do you call a north American non venomous snake?
Hognose garden garter
Indigo hognose and corn are names of what types of reptiles?
Snakes, hognose snake and corn snake.
What are the names of the snakes that use poison to kill their prey?
There are none, there are venomous snakes. A few venomous snakes are western diamondback rattlesnake, garter snake (although the venom does not affect humans), hognose snake(only affects humans who are allergic), taipan, gaboon viper, etc.
What is the name of a north American snake with a trowel shaped snout?
Hognose hognose
Are hognose snakes vicious?
A wild Hognose snake's, although rear fang venomous (non-lethal), first reaction to a threat is to roll over extrude a foul smelling liquid from its cloaca and play dead, not to attack. In captivity, Hognose snakes are very well tempered snakes. I have had a hognose as a pet for three years now, and not once have I ever been bitten by it. Keep in mind, another response to something like a hand or predator touching the top of the snake, the hognose may start hissing but is not ill tempered. Hope this helps :)
Which tipe of snake will play dead if its threatened?
The Eastern Hognose Snake
I am a snake you can hear me as you can hear my cousin the rattlesnake what snake am I?
Hognose or adder
What is a heterodon platvrhinos?
its a eastern hognose snake
Are sand adders or a hognose snake poisonous?
no they are harmless
What is the scientific species of a hognose snake?
A full list of the scientific names for the various species of Hognose snake can be found in Wikipedia. See the related link for more details.
