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I must admit I am quite ignorant of non-domestic hognoses. The Easterns and Westerns look alike but the Madagascans kind of look like a different snake. And the tri-color in my opinion doesn't even look like a hognose. Are they in the same family? Do they act the same?

Just curious
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0.1 Rubber Boa
1.1 Eastern Hognose Snakes
1.1 Western Hognose Snakes
1.0 Durango Mountain Kingsnake
1.0 California Kingsnake
1.1 Woma's (new!)
Spadefoot
Black Knobbed Sawback
Northern Diamondback
Florida Redbellied Slider
Australian Redbellied Side Neck
Western Painted
Southern Painted
1.0 African Hedgehog
1.0 Sulcata
2.1 Leopard (Babcocki) 1.0 borrowed (thanks Bobby)
2 Plecos
2 Silver Dollars
3 Bosemian Rainbows
2 Clown Loaches
1 African Dwarf Frog
1 Khuli Loach
1 Cory Cat
1 Upside Down Catfish
2.0 Fire Guramis

uhh... I think that is it.

From what I've gathered, the tricolor hogs aren't closely related, and the giant hogs are even less closely related.

But they ARE hognoses?
Are they toad eaters?

Confusing

Rudy
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0.1 Rubber Boa
1.1 Eastern Hognose Snakes
1.4 Western Hognose Snakes
1.0 Durango Mountain Kingsnake
1.1 Woma's (new!)
Spadefoot
Black Knobbed Sawback
Northern Diamondback
Florida Redbellied Slider
Western Painted
Southern Painted
1.0 African Hedgehog
1.0 Sulcata
2.1 Leopard (Babcocki) 1.0 borrowed (thanks Bobby)
2 Plecos
2 Silver Dollars
3 Bosemian Rainbows
1 African Dwarf Frog
1 Khuli Loach
1 Cory Cat
1 Upside Down Catfish
2.0 Fire Guramis

uhh... I think that is it.

Any colubrid with an upturned snout gets called a hognose. It's like all the different and not closely related ratsnakes, it's just a name. I think that both tris and giants DO eat toads, but that's more of a 'convergence' thing, where snakes are similar because they have similar lifestyles, not because they're related. Look at the coral cobra (Aspidelaps), which has a similar lifestyle to the hognose, and looks almost the same as one (except for the hood), but is definately not closely related. Also night adders (Causus) fall into this category.
According to what I've read, Heterodon really doesn't have any close relatives.