In 2019 the agency wrongly denied the southern hognose snake protection despite population declines of at least 60%. The species has disappeared from Alabama and Mississippi and is considered among ...

It used to also be found in Alabama and Mississippi, but populations there have disappeared. Southern hognose snakes, named “hoggies” by reptile enthusiasts for their upturned noses used for digging, ...

Hognose snakes grow to a fair size of between 24 and 32 inches. The southern hognose is the smaller of the two species, only reaching 24 inches. Hognoses are also called the “hissing sand snake ...