What kind of snake? (2 pics)

What's in a (common) name?

FLMNH - Eastern Hognose Snake (Heterodon platirhinos)

I find it a little amusing that the link you post to show they are called puff adders also points out they inject their prey with a "mild venom" that can produce localized swelling but isn't hazardous to humans...

I also think we just need to agree to disagree. Real Puff Adders may be native to Africa, but if something is called by another name by enough of the population, it becomes a common name. I mean, we technically don't have cantaloupes commercially available in the US, they're all muskmelons...

Thanks, Carol, and you beat me to it.
This is how new words are invented, in fact. When a term catches on, and reaches a certain level of common use, it's then added to dictionaries.

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I never kill hog nose snakes around here. I always let them live. If I happen to be mowing the lawn and am about to run over one, I'll use a stick to carry it over to some type of cover.

Another trait of the hognose is sometime it will regurgitate any food it has in its belly in hopes you or whatever animal is harrassing it will eat the food and not him/her.

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