Death feigning behavior

Range and Distribution

Habitats

Food habits

Reproductive characteristics

Literature Cited

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Internet:

Western Hognose Snake  http://coloherp.org/careshts/hognose.html

Heterodon nasicus www.zo.utexas.edu/research/txherps/snakes/heterodon.nasicus.html

Other:

Burghardt,Gordon. Predator simulation and duration of death feigning in neonate hognose snakes. Animal Behaviour.v36.1988. pp1842-4.

Mattison,C. The encyclopedia of Snakes. NewYork,NY. 1995. Pp79,112,152,212 and 245.

Plummer,M.;Mills,N. Observations on trailing and mating behaviors in hognose snakes. Journal of Herpetology. Vol 30:1:80. 1996

Young,B.A.; Lalor, J. and Solomon,J. The comparative biomechanics of an ophidian defensive behavior: head triangulation in hognose snake and egg eating snake. Journal of Zoology. 248:2:169.1999.

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