DFW HERPS

Heterodon platirhinos

Eastern Hog-nosed Snake

 
 

EASTERN HOG-NOSED SNAKE Heterodon platirhinos Latreille, 1801 

STATUS:  Common

DOCUMENTED COUNTIES:  Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Hood, Johnson, Kaufman, Parker, Somervell, Tarrant, and Wise

HABITAT:  Western Cross Timbers, Trinity River Bottoms, Eastern Cross Timbers, Brazos River Bottoms, and Post Oak Belt