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title: "Mexican Hognose Snake"
description: "Heterodon kennerlyi — Reptiles. Heterodon kennerlyi, also known commonly as the Mexican hognose snake, Kennerly's hog-nosed snake, and la trompa de cerdo mexicana in Mexican Spanish, is a species of snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/mexican-hognose-snake
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Mexican Hognose Snake

> Heterodon kennerlyi — Reptiles. Heterodon kennerlyi, also known commonly as the Mexican hognose snake, Kennerly's hog-nosed snake, and la trompa de cerdo mexicana in Mexican Spanish, is a species of snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae.

- Scientific name: *Heterodon kennerlyi*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptiles)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 647
- Wikidata: [Q14541741](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14541741)
- iNaturalist taxon: [29928](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/29928)

## Names

- en: Mexican Hognose Snake
- es: Culebra nariz de cerdo mexicana

## Countries with the most observations

US (493), MX (102)

## Summary

Heterodon kennerlyi, also known commonly as the Mexican hognose snake, Kennerly's hog-nosed snake, and la trompa de cerdo mexicana in Mexican Spanish, is a species of snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. The species is native to the southwestern United States and adjacent northeastern Mexico

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heterodon_kennerlyi

## Photo

![Mexican Hognose Snake](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/mexican-hognose-snake/medium.jpg)

Photo: Chris (CP) and Pamela (PP) Pipes · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/164644324

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/mexican-hognose-snake?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).