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Hey everyone i am a sophmore in High school and i was wondering if anyone has any scientific journals or good books/info on western hognose snakes for me. I have a 12 page term paper due in 2 months and i need some good info. ANy help would be appreciated_Ben Hoksch

You are lucky! I happened to have been doing a lot of research on hognoses recently, and can recommend a few choice articles to get. Despite being from the '60s, one of the most cited pieces of literature about hognoses is Platt's paper on the natural history of hognoses. You'll most definitely have to go through a university library to see if they have it, or if they can get it with an interlibrary loan. That is how I had to do it and it may take a couple of weeks.

I looked through the rest of my literature, and really did not see many other articles that are of general interest, or may be well above your head. In fact some of these articles are above my head as well. The most important thing that has developed since the 1969 publication are the many articles on detailed accounts of Hognose envenomation, and the debate surrounding their venomous capabilities.

I have provided a huge list of literature citations that I had gathered about hognoses. I do not have all of these in my possession, just the ones that are interest to me and ones that are easier to get. Do not forget about Hognose.com, although the information there may be limited.

Although my time will be limited in the next eight weeks, I would be interested in proofreading your paper. Just send me an e-mail. Also check out the link below.

Historical Changes in a Herpetofaunal Assemblage in the Flint Hills of Kansas
William H. Busby; Jeffrey R. Parmelee
American Midland Naturalist, Vol. 135, No. 1. (Jan., 1996), pp. 81-91.

Ecological Energetics of Three Species of Ectothermic Vertebrates
Gary C. Smith
Ecology, Vol. 57, No. 2. (Mar., 1976), pp. 252-264.

The Dorsal Pigmentation Pattern of Snakes as an Antipredator Strategy: A Multivariate Approach
James F. Jackson; William Ingram III; Howard W. Campbell
American Naturalist, Vol. 110, No. 976. (Nov. - Dec., 1976), pp. 1029-1053.

Species Densities of Predators and Their Prey
Stevan J. Arnold
American Naturalist, Vol. 106, No. 948. (Mar. - Apr., 1972), pp. 220-236.

The Food of Some Colubrid Snakes from Fort Benning, Georgia
W. J. Hamilton, Jr.; Joseph A. Pollack
Ecology, Vol. 37, No. 3. (Jul., 1956), pp. 519-526.

On the Chromosomes of the Hog-Nosed Snake, Heterodon platyrhinos Linnaeus (in Notes and Comments)
Richard A. Edgren
Evolution, Vol. 7, No. 1. (Mar., 1953), p. 88.

Some Observations on Snake Activities and Populations
W. D. Klimstra
Ecology, Vol. 39, No. 2. (Apr., 1958), pp. 232-239.

Kolbe, J. J., L. J. Harmon, D. A.Warner. 1999. New State Record Lengths and Associated Natural History Notes for some Illinois Snakes. Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science. Volume 92, 1 and 2, pp. 133-135.

Uhler, F.M, C. Cottam, T.E. Clarke. 1939. Food of snakes of the George Washington National Forest, Virginia. Trans. North Am. Wildl. Conf. 4:605-622.

Diener, Richard A. 1957. A western hognose snake eats a collared animal. Herpetologica. 13 (2):122

McAlister, Wayne H. 1963. Evidence of mild toxicity in the saliva of the hognose snake. Herpetologica. 19 (2):132-137.

Grogan, W. L., Jr. 1974. Effects of accidental envenomation from saliva of the eastern hognose snake, Heterodon playtyrhinos. Herpetologica. 30 248-249.

Burghardt, G. M. 1991. Cognitive etholohy and critical anthromorphism: a snake with two heads and hognose snakes that play dead. In Cognitive Ethology: The Minds of Other Animals. 53-90.

Rossi, John and Roxanne Rossi. 1992. Notes on the natural history, husbandry, and breeding of the southern hognose snake (Heterodon simus). Vivarium. 3 (6):16-18;27. Heterodon simus

Mills, Mark S. and S. Rebecca Yeomans. 1993. Heterodon platirhinos (Eastern hognose snake) diet. Herpetological Review. 24 62.

Griswold, Billy. 1993. Pug-nosed pretenders: captive care and feeding of native hognose snakes. Southwestern Herpetologists Society Newsletter. 23 (9):8.

Lazell, James. 1993. Heterodon platirhinos (Eastern hognose snake). Melanism heredity. Herpetological Review. 24 (1):35.

Griswold, Bill. 1994. Hognose snake care. Wisconsin Herpetological Society. 1994 (September):9-10.

Iverson, John B. 1995. Heterodon nasicus (Western hognose snake). Reproduction. Herpetological Review. 26 (4):206.

Calhoun, Grady. 1996. Captive care of hatchling eastern hognose snakes. The Forked Tongue. 21 (11):2-3.

Cranston, Thurgess and Eunice Cranston. 1996. Notes on the natural history and captive maintenance of the Mexican hognose snake (Heterodon nasicus kennerlyi). Vivarium. 8 (2):58-60.

Plummer, Michael V. 1996. Heterodon platirhinos (Eastern hognose snake). Mortality. Herpetological Review. 27 (3):146.

Plummer, Michael V. 1996. Heterodon platirhinos (Eastern hognose snake). Defensive behavior. Herpetological Review. 27 (1):24.

Wilkie, Bob. 1996. Force feeding snakes: my experience with rat snakes and western hognose snakes. Rephiberary. 1996 (221):10.

Lowe, Dave. 1997. Keeping and breeding the western hognose snake (Heterodon nasicus). Herptile: Journal of the International Herpetological Society. 22 (2):89-92.

Beane, Jeffrey C., Thomas J. Thorp and Dale Jackan. 1998. Heterodon simus (Southern Hognose Snake). Diet. Herpetological Review. 29 (1):44-45.

Young, Bruce A. and Julia Lalor. 1998. Sound production in the eastern hognose snake, Heterodon platyrhinos (Serpentes: Colubridae): Does it snore? Amphibia-Reptilia. 19 (4):407-418.

Montgomery, Chad and Stephen P. Mackessy. 1999. Heterodon nasicus nasicus (Plains Hognose Snake). Lack of paralysis following vertebral disjunction. Herpetological Review. 30 (4):227-228.

* Bakkegard, Kristin A. and Matthew P. Greene. 2002. Heterodon platirhinos (Eastern Hognose Snake). Diet. Herpetological Review. 33 (4):314-315.

Plummer, Michael V. 2000. Ecological aspects of shedding in free-ranging hognose snakes (Heterodon platirhinos). Herpetological Natural History. 7 (1):91-94.

* Tucker, John K., Robert J. Cosgriff, William G. Dyer and John E. Petzing. 2001. Heterodon platirhinos (Eastern hognose Snake). Parasites. Herpetological Review. 32 (1):47-48.

Blanchard, F.N. 1923. The amphibians and reptiles of Dickinson County, Iowa. Iowa Studies in Natural History. 10 (2):19-26.

Conant, R. 1938. A note on eggs and young of Leioheterodon madagascariensis (Duméril & Bibron). Zoologica. 23 (4):389-392

Cope, E.D. 1899. Contributions to the herpetology of New Granada and Argentina with descriptions of new forms. The Philadelphia Museums Scientific Bulletin. (1):1-22,

Edgren, R.A. 1951. The umbilical scar, a sexually dimorphic character in Heterodon platyrhinos. Natural History Miscellanea. (83):1-2.

Edgren, R.A. 1952. A synopsis of the snakes of the genus Heterodon, with the diagnosis of a new race of heterodon nasicus Baird and Girard. Natural History Miscellanea. (112):1-4.

Edgren, R.A. 1952. Geographic variatibility in the common hog-nosed snake, Heterodon platyrhinos Latreille. Systematic Zoology. 1 (4):184.

Edgren, R.A. 1953. On the chromosomes of the hog-nosed snake, Heterodon platyrhinos Linnaeus. Evolution. 7 (1):No page number.

Edgren, R.A. 1955. The natural history of the hog-nosed snakes, genus Heterodon: A review. Herpetologica. 11 105-117.

Edgren, R.A. and M.K. Edgren. 1955. Experiments on bluffing and death-feigning in the hognose snake Heterodon platyrhinos. Copeia. 1955 (1):2-4.

Edgren, R.A. 1957. The status of Heterodon browni Stejneger. Copeia. 1957 (4):312-313.

Edgren, R.A. 1958. Umbilical scar position and sexual dimorphism in hog-nosed snakes, genus Heterodon. Natural History Miscellanea. (163):1-6.

Edgren, R.A. 1961. A simplified method for analysis of clines: geographic variation in the hognose snake Heterodon platyrhinos Latreille. Copeia. 1961:125-132.

Edgren, R. A. 1952. Biogeographical and behavioral considerations of the snakes of the genus Heterodon. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Northwestern University.

Goin, C.J. 1947. A note on the food of Heterodon simus. Copeia. 1947 (4)1 p).

Marr, J.C. 1944. Notes on amphiians and reptiles from the Central United States. American Midland Naturalist. 32 478-490. A

Mosimann, J.E. and G.B. Rabb. 1952. The herpetology of Tiber Reservoir Area, Montana. Copeia. 1952 (1):23-27.

Myers, G.S. 1952. Status of the generic name Liheterodon applied to Madagascan serpents. Herpetologica. 6 52.

Neill, W.T. 1950. Reptiles and amphibians in urban areas of Georgia. Herpetologica. 6 113-116.

Peters, J.A. 1953. A fossil snake of the genus Heterodon from the Pliocene of Kansas. Journal of Paleontology. 27 (3):328-331.

Smith, A.G. and M.B. Mittleman. 1947. Heterodon nasicus nasicus in Indiana. Herpetologica. 4 78.

Smith, P.W. 1948. Noteworthy herpetological records from Illinois. Natural History Miscellanea. (33):1-4.

Smith, H.M. and F.N. White. 1955. Adrenal enlargement and its significance in the hognose snakes (Heterodon). Herpetologica. 11 137-144.

Snyder, R.C. 1945. Notes on the snakes of southeastern Alabama. Copeia. 1945 (3):173-174.

Werler, J.E. 1951. Miscellaneous notes on the eggs and young Texan and Mexican reptiles. Zoologica, Scientific Contributions of the New York Zoological Society. 36 (Part 1):37-48

Bragg, A.N. 1960. Is Heterodon venomous? Herpetologica. 16 (.):121-123.

Dowling, H.G. and J.M. Savage. 1960. A guide to the snake hemipenis: A survey of basic structure and systematic characteristics. Zoologica. 45 (2):17-28.

Kennedy, J.P. 1961. Eggs of the eastern hognose snake, Heterodon platyrhinos. Texas Journal of Science. 13 (4):416-422.

Kitchell, J.F. 1969. Thermophilic and thermophobic responses of snakes in a thermal gradient. Copeia. 1969 (1):189-191.

Meyers, C.W. and A.A. Arata. 1961. Remarks on "defensive" behavior in the hognose snake Heterodon simus (Linnaeus). The Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences. 24 (2):108-110.

Munyer, E.A. 1967. Behavior of an eastern hognose snake, Heterodon platyrhinos, in water. Copeia. 1967 (3):668-670.

Platt, D.R. 1969. Natural history of the hognose snakes Heterodon platyrhinos and Heterodon nasicus. University of Kansas Publications Museum of Natural History. 18 (4):253-420.

Rossman, D.A. and L.D. Wilson. 1964. Comments on the revival of the colubrid snake subfamily Heterodontinae. Herpetologica. 20 (4):284-285.

Smith, P.W. and H.M. Smith. 1962. The systematics and biogeographic status of two Illinois snakes. Occasional Papers of the C. C. Adams Center for Ecological Studies. (5):1-10. Tropidoclonion lineatum, Heterodon nasicus

Smith, H.M. 1963. Revival of Bonaparte's subfamily Heterodontinae of colubrid snakes. Herpetologica. 19 288-291.

Weaver, W.G., Jr. 1965. The cranial anatomy of the hog-nosed snakes (Heterodon). Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences. 9 (7):275-304.

Campbell, J.A. and J.B. Murphy. 1977. Miscellaneous notes on the reproductive biology of reptiles I. two colubrid snake species from the Malagasy Republic, Leioheterodon madagascariensis and Madagascariophis colubrina (Reptilia, Serpentes, Colubridae). Journal of Herpetology. 11 (2):228-230.

George, D.W. and H.C. Dessauer. 1970. Immunological correspondence of tranferrins and the relationships of colubrid snakes. Comparative Biochemical Physiology. 33 617-627.

Axtell, R.W. 1983. Range portrayal and reality: Heterodon platirhinos distribution on the high plains of Texas and Oklahoma. Journal of Herpetology. 17 (2):191-193. Lampropeltis calligaster distribution

Blem, C.R. 1981. Heterodon platyrhinos. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles. (282):1-2.

Cadle, J.E. 1984. Molecular systematics of Neotropical Xenodontine snakes. III. Overview of Xenodontine phylogeny and the history of new world snakes. Copeia. 1984 (3):641-652. heterodon farancia carphophis conophis diadophis contia

Dowling, H.G., R. Highton, G.C. Maha and L.R. Maxson. 1983. Biochemical evaluation of colubrid snake phylogeny. Journal of Zoology, London. 201 309-329.

Platt, D.R. 1983. Heterodon. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles. (315):1-2.

Meylan, P.A. 1985. Heterodon simus. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles. (375):1-2.

Michener, M.C. and J.D. Lazell. 1989. Distribution and relative abundance of the hognose snake, Heterodon platirhinos, in Eastern New England. Journal of Herpetology. 23 (1):35-40.

Roth, J.J., B.J. Johnson and H.M. Smith. 1989. The western hognose snake, Heterodon nasicus, west of the Continental Divide in Colorado, and its implications. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society. 24 (9):161-163. migration utah biogeography wyoming basin

Scott, D. 1986. Notes on the Eastern hognose snake, Heterodon platyrhinos Latreille (Squamata: Colubridae), on Virginia Barrier Island. Brimleyana. 12 51-55.

Kreutz, R. 1990. Vorsicht im Umgang mit Lioheterodon madagascariensis! Herpetofauna. 12 (65):9. Lioheterodon madagascarensis

Lacki, M.J., J.W. Hummer and H.J. Webster. 1992. Mine-damage treatment wetland as habitat for herpetofaunal wildlife. Environmental Management. 16 (4):513-520.

Rossi, J. and R. Rossi. 1992. Notes on the natural history, husbandry, and breeding of the southern hognose snake (Heterodon simus). Vivarium. 3 (6):16-18;27. Heterodon simus

Russell, A.P. and A.M. Bauer. 1991. Amphibians and reptiles of the Calgary area. PICA The Calgary Field Naturalists' Society. 11 (2):2-15.

Bell, E.L. 1993. Heterodon platirhinos (Eastern Hognose Snake). USA: Pennsylvania. Herpetological Review. 24 (2):67. geographic distribution

Griswold, B. 1993. Pug-nosed pretenders: captive care and feeding of native hognose snakes. Southwestern Herpetologists Society Newsletter. 23 (9):8.

Smith, D.D., D.J. Pflanz and R. Powell. 1993. Observations of autohemorrhaging in Tropidophis haetianus, Rhinocheilus lecontei, Heterodon platyrhinos, and Nerodia erythrogaster. Herpetological Review. 24 (4):130-131.

Thornton, O.W., Jr. and J.R. Smith. 1993. New county records of amphibians and reptiles from West-Central Texas. Herpetological Review. 24 (1):35-36.

Walley, H.D. 1993. Heterodon platirhinos (eastern hognose snake). USA: Illinois. Herpetological Review. 24 (3):109.

Young, B.A., H.B. Lilltwhite and R.J. Wassersug. 1993. On the structure of the aortic valves in snakes (Reptilia: Serpentes_. Journal of Morphology. 216 141-159.

Anonymous. 1994. The madagascan hognose snake (Lioheterodon madagascariensis). Reptilian. 2 (3):35-36. Lioheterodon madagascariensis

Boundy, J. 1994. County records for Florida amphibians and reptiles. Herpetological Review. 25 (2):78-79.

Boundy, J. 1994. County records for Texas amphibians and reptiles. Herpetological Review. 25 (3):129.

Cadle, J.E. 1994. The colubrid radiation in Africa (Serpentes: Colubridae): phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary patterns based on immunological data. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 110 103-140.

Cochran, P.A. 1994. A longevity record for the eastern hognose snake (Heterodon platirhinos). Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society. 29 (6):117-118.

Grenard, S. 1994. Snakebite: Are "non-poisonous" colubrids really harmless? Reptile & Amphibian Magazine. 1994 (Sept./Oct.):51-63.

Griswold, B. 1994. Hognose snake care. Wisconsin Herpetological Society. 1994 (September):9-10. heterodon nasicus platirhinos

LeClere, J. 1994. Snakes of Minnesota: Western hognose snake (Heterodon nasicus nasicus). Newsletter of the Minnesota Herpetological Society. 14 (10):12-15.

LeClere, J. 1994. Snake of Minnesota: eastern hognose snake (Heterodon nasicus nasicus)[sic]. Newsletter of the Minnesota Herpetological Society. 14 (11):15-17. platyrhinos

LeClere, J. 1994. Snakes of Minnesota: Eastern hognose snake (Heterodon nasicus nasicus). Newsletter of the Minnesota Herpetological Society. 14 (12):12-14.

Smith, C. 1994. The hognose of Sulfur Springs. Notes From NOAH. 21 (6):2-6. heterodon nasicus

Weinstein, S.A. and K.V. Kardong. 1994. Properties of Duvernoy's secretions from opisthoglyphous and aglyphous colubrid snakes. Toxicon. 32 (10):1161-1185.

Bartlett, D. 1995. Nature's bluffers: the American hog-nosed snakes. Reptiles. 3 (5):40-46. Heterodon

Wentzell, G. 1995. The western hognose snake. The Forked Tongue. 20 (9):2. Heterodon nasicus

Witwer, M.T. 1995. Heterodon and other not-so-harmless "harmless" snakes. Journal of the Northern Ohio Association of Herpetologists. 16 (1):12-20.

Wright, A. 1995. The Malagasy hognose snakes genus Lioheterodon. Reptilian. 3 (3):7-8. Lioheterodon madagascariensis; Lioheterodon modestus; Lioheterodon grayi

Calhoun, G. 1996. Captive care of hatchling eastern hognose snakes. The Forked Tongue. 21 (11):2-3. Heterodon platyrhinos

Cranston, T. and E. Cranston. 1996. Notes on the natural history and captive maintenance of the Mexican hognose snake (Heterodon nasicus kennerlyi). Vivarium. 8 (2):58-60. Herterodon nasicus kennerlyi

Jensen, J.B. 1996. Heterodon simus (Southern hognose snake). Hatchling size. Herpetological Review. 27 (1):25. Heterodon simus; Hatchling size

Painter, C.W., B.R. Tomberlin and J.P. Brastad. 1996. Heterodon nasicus kennerlyi (Mexican hognose snake). Maximum size. Herpetological Review. 27 (4):203-204.

Plummer, M.V. and N.E. Mills. 1996. Observations on trailing and mating behaviors in hognose snakes (Heterodon platirhinos). Journal of Herpetology. 30 (1):80-82. Heterodon platirhinos; Trailing; Mating

Travis, C.A., D. Chiszar and H.M. Smith. 1996. Geographic Distribution. Heterodon nasicus. Herpetological Review. 27 (4):212.

Whitlock, I. 1996. The Western hognose snake. Reptilian. 4 (2):39-42. Heterodon nasicus

Willimon, K. and J.T. Collins. 1996. Geographic Distribution. Heterodon platirhinos. Herpetological Review. 27 (2):88.

Bakker, J. 1997. Opmerkelijk nestgedrag bij een Heterodon nasicus. Het Terrarium. 14 (8):8-9. Heterodon nasicus

Bakker, J. 1997. Striking nest behavior of Heterodon nasicus nasicus. Litteratura Serpentium. 17 (1):10-11. Heterodon nasicus

Carr, S.E. and J.N. Stuart. 1997. Geographic Distribution. Heterodon nasicus nasicus. Herpetological Review. 28 (1):52.

Lowe, D. 1997. Keeping and breeding the western hognose snake (Heterodon nasicus). Herptile: Journal of the International Herpetological Society. 22 (2):89-92.

Casper, G.S. and S. Ames. 1998. Geographic Distribution. Heterodon platirhinos. Herpetological Review. 29 (1):53.

Petzing, J.E. and C.A. Phillips. 1998. Geographic distribution. Heterodon platirhinos. Herpetological Review. 29 (3):177.

Vazquez-Diaz, J., G. Quintero-Diaz and A. Ramirez-Bautista. 1998. Geographic Distribution. Heterodon nasicus. Herpetological Review. 29 (2):113.

Vazquez-Diaz, J., G. Quintero-Diaz and A. Ramirez-bautista. 1998. Geographic distribution. Heterodon nasicus. Herpetological Review. 29 (3):177.

Webb, R.G. and C.M. Eckerman. 1998. Neotype and type locality of the western hognose snake, Heterodon nasicus (Serpentes: Colubridae). Texas Journal of Science. 50 (2):99-106.

Blume, F. 1999. Interessantes Drohverhalten einer Kiefernnatter, Pituophis melanoleucus (Daudin, 1803) im Sandhill Game Land Nationalpark, North Carolina (U.S.A.). Sauria. 21 (1):45-46. Heterodon platyrhinos

Ferner, J.W. and P.J. Krusling. 1999. Geographic Distribution. Heterodon platirhinos. Herpetological Review. 30 (2):113.

Stevenson, D.J. 1999. Geographic distribution. Heterodon simus. Herpetological Review. 30 (1):54.

Walley, H.D. and C.M. Eckerman. 1999. Heterodon nasicus. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles. (698):1-10.

Hibbitts, R.H. and R.W. Bryson, Jr. 2002. Geographic distribution. Heterodon nasicus. Herpetological Review. 33 (2):149.

Irwin, K.J. 2001. Geographic distribution. Heterodon nasicus. Correction. Herpetological Review. 32 (1):59-60.

Mori, A. and K. Tanaka. 2001. Preliminary observations on chemical preference, antipredator responses, and prey-handling behavior of juvenile Leioheterodon madagascariensis (Colubridae). Current Herpetology. 20 (1):39-49. Madagascar

Mori, A. and H.J.A. Rodolph Randriamahazo. 2002. Lioheterodon madagascariensis (Madagascar Menarana Snake). Diet. Herpetological Review. 33 (1):57.

Plummer, M.V. and N.E. Mills. 2000. Spatial ecology and survivorship of resident and translocated Hognose Snakes (Heterodon platirhinos). Journal of Herpetology. 34 (4):565-575.

Plummer, M.V. 2002. Observations on hibernacula and overwintering ecology of Eastern Hog-nosed Snakes (Heterodon platirhinos). Herpetological Review. 33 (2):89-90.

Stuart, J.N. 2000. Geographic distribution. Heterodon nasicus. Herpetological Review. 31 (4):255.

Tucker, J.K., R.J. Cosgriff, W.G. Dyer and J.E. Petzing. 2001. Heterodon platirhinos (Eastern hognose Snake). Parasites. Herpetological Review. 32 (1):47-48

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