Hognose snakes are very small compared to other popularly kept snake species, like ball pythons. Females are larger than ...

Hognose snakes grow to a fair size of between 24 and 32 inches. The southern hognose is the smaller of the two species, only ...

In 2019 the agency wrongly denied the southern hognose snake protection despite population declines of at least 60%. The species has disappeared from Alabama and Mississippi and is considered among ...

It used to also be found in Alabama and Mississippi, but populations there have disappeared. Southern hognose snakes, named “hoggies” by reptile enthusiasts for their upturned noses used for digging, ...

The DNR said people often confuse nonvenomous snakes like the scarlet kingsnake, eastern hognose and watersnake species as their venomous counterparts — coral snakes, rattlesnakes and water ...