#1664 · 🦎 reptiles

Eastern Hognose Snake

Heterodon platirhinos

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 outside Europe

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what is it?

Heterodon platirhinos , commonly known as the eastern hog-nosed snake , spreading adder , or deaf adder, is a harmless colubrid species endemic to North America. No subspecies are currently recognized.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 13,861iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
13,861 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Pierre André Latreille in 1801 (225 years ago).