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I found this snake about 50 miles north of houston TX. when it gets intimidated it flattens and puffs it's jaw out like a triangle i have a couple ideas what it is but not too sure. i found it at our ranch on conroe tx. it's about 8 inches long. If you know exacly what it is or even a guess please tell me thanks



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1.0 Brazilian Rainbow Boa
1.0 Yellow Anaconda
0.1 Suriname Red Tail Boa
1.0 Cat

Looks like a eastern hognose to me, i may be mistaken because im fairly new to the hognose seen, but its deffinitly some type of hognose, pretty sure its a eastern. hope that helps

Yeah thats what i'm thinkin becuase i just looked up the eastern hognose and i think your right when i searched up the hognose it kept bring up western hognose so i compleetly forgot about the eastern
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1.0 Brazilian Rainbow Boa
1.0 Yellow Anaconda
0.1 Suriname Red Tail Boa
1.0 Cat

Eastern Hognose. They aren't uncommon in the Conroe area, whereas pygmy rattlers are harder to find there.
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Chris Harrison
San Antonio, TX

That is an Eastern Hognose. My parents live in Magnolia (just down the street from you) and they found a nice red hognose one time.

The baby hognose do closely resemble pygmy rattlers, but a neonate hognose is about the size of an adult pygmy. Their behavior is completly different too.

The western pygmys that live in east Texas don't have the red in them like the Dusky pygmies do though. Westerns are VERY uncommon there too.

As a child, my father killed a Pigmy Rattler that was about 12 inches long. We had a herepatologist ID the snake. I think my dad might actually still have the skin somewhere. Anyway, the point I am trying to make is that a neonate Hog is smaller than some adult Pigmy's. I am located in Northwest Florida if that makes any difference as to the different types of Pigmy's.
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Jenea

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S. m. barbouri max out at around 32". It is my opinion that those with ready access to rodents, such as those living near agricultural fields, will grow larger than those in an environment where the primary diet is lizards & amphibians.

I had one for quite some time that grew large enough to eat stillborn rabbits.

~~Greg~~
The Venomous Snakes of Florida

yes that is a Eastern Hognose