This blog documents our group-of-eight, 3800 mile bike trip across the US. We pedal self-supported from Netarts, OR to Bar Harbor, ME during June 25 to late September, 2013.
hi all! According to a friendly herpetologist, this is a hognose snake. he says...
That is an Eastern Hognose Snake. It obviously felt threatened, which is why it is flattened out and is flaring its head/neck. This species is quite variable in color and pattern and has large geographic range in the Eastern US. And yes, it resembles a Massasauga Rattlesnake.
hi all!
ReplyDeleteAccording to a friendly herpetologist, this is a hognose snake. he says...
That is an Eastern Hognose Snake. It obviously felt threatened, which is why it is flattened out and is flaring its head/neck. This species is quite variable in color and pattern and has large geographic range in the Eastern US. And yes, it resembles a Massasauga Rattlesnake.