Hognose Research Database

Studies and Papers related to The Plains Hog-Nosed Snake (Heteredon nasicus)

Movement Ecology and Space Use of Western Hog-nosed Snakes (Heterodon nasicus) in a Heterogeneous Sand Prairie

Paige Roswell, Josh Otten, Zachary Loughman 2026

Microbiome Variation in the Genus Heterodon

Tyler Schwisow, Stuart Cantlay ,Nicole Garrison, Zachary Loughman

West Liberty University 2026

The Effects of Seasonality and Environmental Covariates on Two Heterodon Species 2026

Stanley R. Bielinski Jr.
Dr. Zachary Loughman

Growth, age, and maturation estimates of Plains Hog-nosed Snakes (Heterodon nasicus) in Iowa. 2026

Alyssa J. Lutz,
Joshua G. Otten,
Zachary J. Loughman

Environmental Enrichment Increases Brain Volume in Snakes.

J Comp Neurol, Nagabaskaran, G., Moonilal, V., Skinner, M. and Miller, N. (2025)

National Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Discovery Award to NM (RGPIN-2023-05765).

Diet of Western Hog-Nosed Snakes (Heterodon nasicus) in Western Nebraska, USA

John B. Iverson, David L. (2024)

Western Hognose Snakes (Heterodon nasicus) Prefer Environmental Enrichment

Gokulan Nagabaskaran , Morgan Skinner and Noam Miller

Department of Psychology, Wilfrid Laurier University, ON , CA

(2022)

Female Reproduction in Western Hognose Snakes
(Heterodon nasicus) in The Nebraska SandHills , USA

John B. Iverson (2019)

Ontogenetic shifts in the diet of plains hog-nosed snakes (Heterodon nasicus) revealed by stable isotope analysis

Andrew M. Durso , Stephen J. Mullin (2017)

Lessons learned: Notes on the natural history of the Plains Hognose Snake

Hoaglund, E. P., & Smith, C. E. (2012).

Natural History of the Western Hog-nosed Snake (Heterodon nasicus) with Notes on Envenomation

Roy C. Averill-Murray U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Reno, Nevada, USA. (2006)

Status of the Plains Hognose Snake (Heterodon nasicus nasicus) in Alberta, CA

Jonathan Wright
Andrew Didiuk

Alberta Wildlife Status Report No. 15 (October 1998)

REPTILIA: SQUAMATA: SERPENTES: COLUBRIDAE 315.1 HETERODON

Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles.

PLATT, DWIGHT R. 1983. Heterodon.

NATURAL HISTORY OF THE EASTERN AND THE WESTERN HOGNOSE SNAKES HETERODON PLATYRHINOS AND HETERODON NASICUS.

PLATT, DWIGHT R. University of Kansas Dissertations & Theses,  1966

Citations

Roswell, P., Otten, J., & Loughman, Z. (2026). Movement Ecology and Space Use of Western Hog-nosed Snakes (Heterodon nasicus) in a Heterogeneous Sand Prairie. Proceedings of the West Virginia Academy of Science, 98(1).

https://doi.org/10.55632/pwvas.v98i1.1248

Tyler Schwisow, Stuart Cantlay, Nicole Garrison, & Zachary Loughman. (2026). Microbiome Variation in the Genus Heterodon. Proceedings of the West Virginia Academy of Science, 98(1).

https://doi.org/10.55632/pwvas.v98i1.1256

Bielinski, S., & Loughman, Z. (2026). The Effects of Seasonality and Environmental Covariates on Two Heterodon Species. Proceedings of the West Virginia Academy of Science, 98(1).

https://doi.org/10.55632/pwvas.v98i1.1347

Lutz, A., Otten, J., & Loughman, Z. (2026). Growth, age, and maturation estimates of Plains Hog-nosed Snakes (Heterodon nasicus) in Iowa . Proceedings of the West Virginia Academy of Science, 98(1).

https://doi.org/10.55632/pwvas.v98i1.1242

Nagabaskaran, G., Moonilal, V., Skinner, M. and Miller, N. (2025), Environmental Enrichment Increases Brain Volume in Snakes. J Comp Neurol, 533: e70043.

https://doi.org/10.1002/cne.70043

John B. Iverson and David L. "Diet of Western Hog-Nosed Snakes (Heterodon nasicus) in Western Nebraska, USA," Western North American Naturalist 84(2), 256-263, (9 July 2024).

https://doi.org/10.3398/064.084.0211

Nagabaskaran, G., Skinner, M., & Miller, N. (2022). Western Hognose Snakes (Heterodon nasicus) Prefer Environmental Enrichment. Animals, 12(23), 3347.

https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12233347

John B. Iverson Female Reproduction in Western Hognose Snakes (Heterodon nasicus) in The Nebraska Sandhills , USA Herpetological Conservation and Biology 14(3):627–640. Department of Biology, Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana 47374, USA,

email: johni@earlham.edu

Andrew M. Durso, Stephen J. Mullin, Ontogenetic Shifts In the Diet of Plains Hog-nosed Snakes (Heterodon nasicus) Revealed By Stable Isotope Analysis, Zoology, Volume 120, 2017, Pages 83-91,ISSN 0944-2006,

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.zool.2016.07.004

(https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S094420061630068X)

Hoaglund, E. P., & Smith, C. E. (2012). Lessons learned: Notes on the natural history of the Plains Hognose Snake (Heterodon nasicus) in Minnesota. Reptiles & Amphibians, 19(3), 163-169.

https://doi.org/10.17161/randa.v19i3.13899

Roy C. Averill-Murray Natural History of the Western Hog-nosed Snake (Heterodon nasicus) with Notes on Envenomation U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Reno, Nevada, USA.

Roy_Averill-Murray@fws.gov

Wright, J. 1998. Status of the Plains Hognose Snake (Heterodon nasicus nasicus) in Alberta.

Alberta Environmental Protection, Fisheries & Wildlife Management Division, and Alberta Conservation Association, Wildlife Status Report No. 15, Edmonton, AB. 26 pp.

PLATT, DWIGHT R. 1983. Heterodon Heterodon Latreille Hognose snakes Heterodon Latreille (in Sonnini and Latreille), 1801:32. Type-species, Heterodon platirhinos Latreille, 1801 (Heterodon platyrhinos ScWegel, 1837), by monotypy REPTILIA: SQUAMATA: SERPENTES: COLUBRIDAE Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles. 315.1 HETERODON

PLATT, DWIGHT RICH University of Kansas ProQuest Dissertations & Theses,  1966. 6613063. NATURAL HISTORY OF THE EASTERN AND THE WESTERN HOGNOSE SNAKES HETERODON PLATYRHINOS AND HETERODON NASICUS