Nature By NameSign inCreate an account

Reptiles › Colubrid Snakes

Mexican Hognose Snake

Heterodon kennerlyi

Learn Mexican Hognose Snake freeHow it works
Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) mbickert, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

24 photos

Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.

See all photosAdd a photo

Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 22, February 21, March 23, April 44, May 29, June 37, July 21, August 15, September 16, October 15, November 20, December 20.
United States458
Texas244
New Mexico122
Arizona91
Mexico56
Chihuahua26
Durango9
Aguascalientes5
Coahuila de Zaragoza4
Zacatecas4

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • CarnivoreEats other animals or animal-derived prey as a major part of its diet.Inferred from its group

Group and habits

  • PredatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly hunt other animals.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassReptiles · Reptilia
OrderSnakes and Lizards · Squamata
FamilyColubrid Snakes · Colubridae
GenusHog-nosed Snakes · Heterodon

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Mexican Hognose Snake with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

Create a free accountHow it works