Catesby, Mark. Vol.II, Tab. 56, The Hog-nose Snake

Mark Catesby The Hog-nose Snake, Vol.II, Tab. 56 Etching with hand color 19" x 14" sheet From Volume II, Part 8 of Catesby's Natural History of Carolina, Florida & the Bahama Islands London: 1737 - 1771 Currently known as the eastern hog-nosed snake, Heterodon platirhinos, turk's-cap lily, Lilium superhum, and Carolina lily, Lilium michauxii*, Catesby described these subjects as follows: ANGUIS CAPITE VIPERINO. The Hog-nose Snake. These Snakes are seldom much larger than the Figure, short bodyed, and very large towards the Head, with Cheeks swelling out like those of Vipers, the Nose turning up like that of a Hog, his whole Visage being very ugly: I suspected he was of the venomous Tribe, till searching in his Mouth for the hollow Viper's Fangs, I could discover only small Teeth, yet being a small one, they might not yet appear. It having so much of the Characteristick of Vipers, besides its slow Motion and Sluggishness, that I can't help suspecting him to be a Viper. The Crown of