Heterodon platirhinos (Eastern Hognose Snake)
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EASTERN
HOGNOSE SNAKE
Heterodon platirhinos Latreille, 1801
STATUS: Common
LOCALITIES OBSERVED: Dallas
Co.: Mt. Creek Lake area,
Camp Wisdom Boy Scout Camp, and N of Carrollton;
Denton Co.: W
side of Krugerville, Aubrey area, and 1.3 mi E of Hartlee Field Rd. on FM
428; Hood Co.: 4
mi W of Granbury; Parker
Co.: 14.4 mi N of US 377
on Tx 171, on Benbrook-Aledo Rd. at FM 2376, and 2.3 mi S of I-20 on Tx
171; Somervell Co.:
US 67 at the Brazos River bridge;
Tarrant Co.: River
Legacy Parks in NW Arlington, Silver Creek Valley W of Lake Worth, near
Mansfield, Eagle Mt. Lake area, and Benbrook-Aledo Rd;
Wise Co.: N
side of Decatur City limits and Lyndon B. Johnson Nat'l Grasslands NW of
Decatur
DOCUMENTED COUNTIES: Dallas,
Denton, Ellis, Hood, Johnson, Kaufman, Parker, Somervell, Tarrant, and
Wise
HABITAT: Western Cross
Timbers, Trinity River Bottoms, Eastern Cross Timbers, Brazos River
Bottoms, and Post Oak Belt
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