Michaela Watkins is British.
Hognose snake is a common name for several colubrid snake species with upturned snouts .. common name. common name. colubrid. Colubridae. snake. snake. They include three distantly related genera  :. genera. genus. Heterodon , which occur mainly in the United States and northern Mexico. Heterodon. Heterodon. Leioheterodon , the hognose snakes native to the Madagascar. Leioheterodon. Leioheterodon. Madagascar. Madagascar. Lystrophis , the South American hognose snakes .. Lystrophis. Lystrophis. South American. South American. The North American Heterodon species are known for their habit of thanatosis  : playing dead when threatened .. Heterodon. Heterodon. thanatosis. Apparent death#Thanatosis