hognose snake

hog·nose snake  (hôgnz, hg-)

n.

Any of several thick-bodied, nonvenomous North American snakes of the genus Heterodon having an upturned snout. Also called puff adder.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

hognose snake - harmless North American snake with upturned nose; may spread its head and neck or play dead when disturbed puff adder, sand viper colubrid, colubrid snake - mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes genus Heterodon, Heterodon - a genus of small colubrid snakes containing the North American hognose snakes