Keywords:Mescalero Sands, New Mexico, hog-nosed snake, hognose snake, snake, western hog-nosed snake, western hognose, western hognose snake
Hognose snakes are often encountered crossing the various oil field roads in Mescalero Sands. This large female was encountered on the road one morning and measured over 800 mm in length (a potential record for NM)!