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type of animal for sexing. I have pythons and boas but got this animal as part of a liquidation of tanks and animals from a friend of a friend (good deal for me and I figured I could find out more details on the hognose from this forum). The animal has eaten frozen thawed fuzzies each week for the last month or so (maybe 5 meals, I can check the charts but they are downstairs in the snake room). It has also shed cleanly for me. I have had no trouble with the animal but when I look at all the posts for hognose snakes I haven't seen any that look like this little animal. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Frank Kincade.

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Whoever you bought the snake from might not have been as honest as you thought... too many dis-honest sellers in the market today =(

The only colubrids I work with are hognose... but to me that looks like some type of ratsnake?
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I just looked at the pictures again, in a different browser (I normally use Netscape and the picture showed up really small for some reason?).

In IE I see somewhat of an upturned snout... I've only dealt with westerns personally, so I definitely don't have any grounds to answer your post definitively. In IE that snake looks like it could be a Madagascar hognose.

I appologize you any confusion I may have caused. In Netscape that photo was shown as big as a thumbnail...

Good luck with your new aquisition.
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My guess is one of the madagascan races of hognose of the genus Leioheterodon (spelling?). I don't know much about the care of the exotic hognose, but a search should give you some info. Andy
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You could try looking on www.hognose.com. There is lots of info about all species of hognoses there. As for sexing though
I sex snakes by the shape of the tail. the males have a broader and longer tail. the females have a shorter tail with more even of a taper. hognoses are really easy to sex this way. hope this helps.

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Frank,
Looks like a malagasy blond hognose--leioheterodon modestus. Check out the post by venombill on 11-16, as well as the responses. Nice looking snake!
Regards,
althea

there is a good care sheet for this genus at www.hognose.com.
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but one of my gems (diamonds). Thanks again for the help. Frank Kincade.

Frank, PLease email me at billysallee@sbcglobal.net. I would like to correspond more privitly with you about your hognose. Thank, Billy