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I know it is difficult to ID anything without a picture but my camera is a POS and I can't get a good one. The guy I got the snake from refered to it as a hognose, however it has no pattern at all. The snout is slightly upturned and it looks like it would be a burrowing snake. The back is a uniform olive/tan color , a little darker on the head. the belly is a uniform cream color with a yellowish tint. Scales are small and very smooth, no keeling at all, and they do not overlap. the head is slightly offset from the body, not as much neck as a rat snake but more than a king. it looks like 22 scale rows, anal plate is undivided, tail is long, pupils are round although it is hard to tell as the eyes appear to be completely black, toungue is red. I am in Colorado Springs, CO and, since the snake is scarred up I thought it might be wild caught, but nothing native matches the description. I will try to get a decent picture, until then any help is appreciated. Thank you.

here is the best pic I could get. Also forgot to mention the snake is 36" long. Thanks

Definitely not a Hognose; I'd guess some sort of Leaf-nosed Snake.

Looks like a Madagascar "blonde" hognose to me. Jeff

I agree with Jeff. I don't think the leaf-noses get that big. The genus for the Madagascans used to be, & may still be, Lioheterodon.
That one looks like species modestus.

~~Greg~~

Thanks guys! Leioheterodon Modestos is a definate match! once I had a scientific name is was an easy matter to find more pictures that confirmed it. what really impresses me is that you both came up with it so fast and from such a crappy photo. Thanks to everyone who responded.