Question 12 of 12

Which of these snakes has a very specialized diet?

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Choose an option from the pictures below:

12A

Nope! This is a young dusky pigmy rattlesnake, and pigmies eat a wide variety of prey, including frogs, lizards, rodents, birds and even centipedes.

12B

Correct! This is one of the many color forms of the eastern hog-nosed snake, Heterodon platyrhinos. They eat mainly toads and frogs.

12C

Nope! This is a juvenile coachwhip, Masticophis flagellum. They will eat lizards, frogs, rodents or birds.

12D

Correct! This is a southern hog-nosed snake, Heterodon simus. They eat mainly toads and frogs.