That's possible too but , even from the side, you can usually see that distinctive nose. That's what's hard about ID'ing a snake from a picture...you just can't see some of the distinguishing features very well.
There's a lot of non visual cues you have to use like :
-location and range of the snake
-what kind of habitat it was found in
-behavior, what it was doing
-what their diet is and is there a lot of their prey likely to be around
Every hog nosed snake, I ever caught has been in sandy areas. I don't know enough about their type of habitat, but that's been my experience. They're not that shy too. All snakes try to get away, but the hog noses are pretty easy to find.
I can relate to the hog nosed snakes because of their defensive behavior. when they're cornered and about to be caught, they raise up and strike and hiss and put on a real bad a$$ act. But if you keep messing with them, they change tactics, they play dead !!
It's almost like their thought process (if they really had thoughts) is "Don't mess with me. I'm bad...real bad...watch this !! Yea you right, I'm bad to the bone. Oh no, that giant isn't buying it...OK now I'm dead...real dead, see You don't want a dead snake right?"
It's hysterical. they roll on their backs and their tongue hangs out their mouth. I've picked them up and flipped them over on their stomachs and they roll right back over...like they're thinking, " I told you I was dead already !!"
I found a picture of this...
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It's a real trip... I love those snakes, they're pretty docile and if you keep one in an aquarium for a while, they're not threatened by you any more and won't play dead when company comes over.
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