{"id":2502,"date":"2016-03-06T23:58:58","date_gmt":"2016-03-07T03:58:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/animalprosonline.com\/nashville\/?page_id=2502"},"modified":"2017-07-09T11:50:03","modified_gmt":"2017-07-09T15:50:03","slug":"hog-nosed-snake","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/animalprosonline.com\/nashville\/hog-nosed-snake\/","title":{"rendered":"Hog Nosed Snake"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Eastern Hog-nosed Snake\u00a0(Heterodon platirhinos)<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2503\" src=\"https:\/\/animalprosonline.com\/nashville\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/hog_nosed_1.jpg\" alt=\"hog_nosed_1\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Length:\u00a030&#8243;-46&#8243;<\/li>\n<li>Weight:\u00a02-4 pounds<\/li>\n<li>Diet:\u00a0Carnivorous, eating birds, rodents, and small animals.<\/li>\n<li>Breeding:\u00a0Starts in March through May.<\/li>\n<li>Gestation:\u00a030-60\u00a0Days.<\/li>\n<li>Reproduction: 15-60 eggs, hatchlings appearing starting in late Summer.<\/li>\n<li>Habitat:\u00a0Urban areas with the availability of food water and shelter, tree hollows, drainage ditches, under sheds, and dense green spaces.<\/li>\n<li>Legal Status:\u00a0Common throughout Tennessee, and under no protection. It is illegal to harm, capture, or remove from the wild. Protected in Georgia.<\/li>\n<li>Other Names:\u00a0Puff adder, hissing snake, and spread-head moccasin.<\/li>\n<li>Interesting Facts:\u00a0The eastern hog-nosed snake is common in Tennessee and well known for its dramatic behavior. They will play dead, often rolling over. To thwart a percieved threat, they will hiss loudly while flattening out its head to appear much larger, often deficating and releasing a foul smelling musk from their anal gland.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The eastern hog-nosed snake, often referred to as the &#8220;puff adder&#8221; from its dramatic behavior, is a common snake found in Tennessee. They are often mistaken for venomous snakes. The largest threat this snake will cause, is the injury you may recieve if you trip while running away.<\/p>\n<p>As a defense mechanism, the eastern hog-nosed snake will play dead, or roll over,\u00a0deficating and releasing a foul smelling fluid from its anal gland. They will also flatten out their head and hiss loudly to detour a percieved threat. They can grow large, as we have found them up to 4\u2032 ft in length. They are found throughout the entire State of Tennessee. Eastern hog-nosed snakes will strike if heavily agitated, so it is best to keep your distance. Eastern hog-nosed snakes will often feed on rodents, birds, amphibians, and other small mammals and can live up to 12 years in the wild.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eastern Hog-nosed Snake\u00a0(Heterodon platirhinos) Length:\u00a030&#8243;-46&#8243; Weight:\u00a02-4 pounds Diet:\u00a0Carnivorous, eating birds, rodents, and small animals. Breeding:\u00a0Starts in March through May. Gestation:\u00a030-60\u00a0Days. Reproduction: 15-60 eggs, hatchlings appearing starting in late Summer. Habitat:\u00a0Urban areas with the availability of food water and shelter, tree hollows, drainage ditches, under sheds, and dense green spaces. Legal Status:\u00a0Common throughout Tennessee, and under&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template_builder.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2502","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","description-off"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Eastern Hog-nosed Snake in Tennessee<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Eastern Hog-nosed Snake information in Tennessee for species identification and photos of hog-nosed snakes commonly known as &quot;puff adder&quot;.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/animalprosonline.com\/nashville\/hog-nosed-snake\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Eastern Hog-nosed Snake in Tennessee\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Eastern Hog-nosed Snake information in Tennessee for species identification and photos of hog-nosed snakes commonly known as &quot;puff adder&quot;.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/animalprosonline.com\/nashville\/hog-nosed-snake\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Animal Pros of Nashville\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-07-09T15:50:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/animalprosonline.com\/nashville\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/hog_nosed_1.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/animalprosonline.com\\\/nashville\\\/hog-nosed-snake\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/animalprosonline.com\\\/nashville\\\/hog-nosed-snake\\\/\",\"name\":\"Eastern Hog-nosed Snake in Tennessee\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/animalprosonline.com\\\/nashville\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/animalprosonline.com\\\/nashville\\\/hog-nosed-snake\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/animalprosonline.com\\\/nashville\\\/hog-nosed-snake\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/animalprosonline.com\\\/nashville\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2016\\\/03\\\/hog_nosed_1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-03-07T03:58:58+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-07-09T15:50:03+00:00\",\"description\":\"Eastern Hog-nosed Snake information in Tennessee for species identification and photos of hog-nosed snakes commonly known as \\\"puff adder\\\".\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/animalprosonline.com\\\/nashville\\\/hog-nosed-snake\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/animalprosonline.com\\\/nashville\\\/hog-nosed-snake\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/animalprosonline.com\\\/nashville\\\/hog-nosed-snake\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/animalprosonline.com\\\/nashville\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2016\\\/03\\\/hog_nosed_1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/animalprosonline.com\\\/nashville\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2016\\\/03\\\/hog_nosed_1.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/animalprosonline.com\\\/nashville\\\/hog-nosed-snake\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/animalprosonline.com\\\/nashville\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Hog Nosed Snake\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/animalprosonline.com\\\/nashville\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/animalprosonline.com\\\/nashville\\\/\",\"name\":\"Animal Pros of Nashville\",\"description\":\"Wildlife Removal, Damage Repair, Exclusion &amp; 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