Underneath the first plywood board that i flipped I found a small adult Eastern Hognose snake. This specific specimen was very light in color with a reddish hue. After capture the snake promptly began to feign death (a defense mechanism which defines the hognose snakes). The snake also had recently eaten a gulf coast toad about 4X the girth of the snake itself. The snake's ability to swallow such large prey items is certainly a useful adaptation for an opportunistic predator such as this.
The only pictures where taken with my phone so I am sorry for the poor quality.
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