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4. Deaf or Spreading Adder. Blowing Viper. Heterodon platyrhinus.
Length, thirty inches; light gray-brown with reddish-brown or black spots, sometimes almost black. Does not try to get away like most snakes, but spreads itself out flat on the ground, thus appearing double its size, and hisses. A very ugly looking snake, but said not to be dangerous, having no poisonous fang teeth.
5. Hog-nosed Snake. Heterodon simus.
Length, thirty inches; yellowish-brown, with more spots on back than the preceding.
Western and Southern.
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