THE CENTER FOR NORTH AMERICAN HERPETOLOGY

Reptilia    Squamata (part)    Dipsadidae  

Mexican Hog-nosed Snake
Heterodon kennerlyi Kennicott, 1860

SSAR 9th Edition Comments:
 There are no current SSAR comments for this taxon.

Range maps are based on curated specimens and provided gratis by CNAH.
(Created by Travis W. Taggart; Version: 2023.07.24.09.15.36)
Download GeoJSON polygon range file: - 0.33 MB

Province/State Distribution:
USA: Arizona New Mexico Texas

First instance(s) of published English names:
Kennerly's Hog-nose Snake (Heterodon simus kennerlyi: Yarrow, Henry C. 1882. Check list of North American Reptilia and Batrachia with catalogue of specimens in U. S. National Museum. Bulletin of the United States National Museum (24):1-249); Southwestern Hog-nosed Snake (Heterodon nasicus kennerlyi: Schmidt, Karl Peterson and D. D. Davis. 1941. Field Book of Snakes of the United States and Canada. C.P. Putnam and Sons, New York. 365pp.); Southwestern Hog-nosed Snake (Heterodon nasicus kennerlyi: Schmidt, Karl P. 1953. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.);

Taxon Links:

  
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
  
The Reptile Database
  
NatureServe
  
iNaturalist
  
GenBank
  
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database

Selected References:
1860 Kennicott, Robert. Descriptions of new species of North American serpents in the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 12:328-338
1952 Edgren, Richard A. Biogeographical and behavioral considerations of the snakes of the genus Heterodon. Dissertation. Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois. 232pp.
1952 Edgren, Richard A. A synopsis of the snakes of the genus Heterodon, with the diagnosis of a new race of Heterodon nasicus Baird and Girard. Natural History Miscellanea (112):1-4
1955 Edgren, Richard A. The natural history of the hog-nosed snakes, genus Heterodon: A review. Herpetologica 11:105-117
1965 Weaver, W. G. Jr. The cranial anatomy of the Hog-nosed Snakes (Heterodon). Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Series 9(7):275-304
1969 Platt, Dwight R. Natural history of the hognose snakes Heterodon platyrhinos and Heterodon nasicus University of Kansas, Museum of Natural History 18(4):253-420
1983 Platt, Dwight R. Heterodon. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (315):1-2
1996 Eckerman, Curtis M. Variation, systematics, and interspecific position of the Heterodon nasicus (Serpentes: Xenodontidae) Thesis. University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas. 214pp.
1999 Walley, Harlan D. and Curtis M. Eckerman. Heterodon nasicus. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (698):1-10
2001 Edgren, Richard A. Heterodon to 1950, an historical assessment. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 36(6):121-123
2003 Smith, Hobart M., David Chiszar, Curtis M. Eckerman, and Harlan D. Walley. The taxonomic status of the Mexican Hognose Snake Heterodon kennerlyi Kennicott (1860). Journal of Kansas Herpetology (5):17-20
2004 Edgren, Richard A. Heterodon kennerlyi revisited. Journal of Kansas Herpetology (11):16-17

THE CENTER FOR NORTH AMERICAN HERPETOLOGY — Accessed: Saturday 26 April 2025 22:53 CT