Other vertebrates include the Great Plains toad and western hognose snake.

The western hognose snake is primarily diurnal.

Western Hognose Snake at Herpnet.net.

The area around the creek is also known for its snake population, which includes garter snakes, western hognose snakes, bullsnakes and occasionally rattlesnakes.

The Illinois Nature Preserves Commission advises visitors to be on the lookout for bluebirds, western hognose snakes, and prairie walking stick insects.

Western Hognose snakes are relatively small, stout-bodied snakes found throughout the Great Plains states of the U.S. from Canada to Mexico.

The Western Hognose Snake is a light sandy brown in color, with darker brown or gray blotching, their coloration is not nearly as variable as the Eastern Hognose, Heterodon platirhinos, but they often have an ink-black and white or yellow checker patterned belly, sometimes accented with orange.

Western hog-nosed snake (Heterodon nasicus)

(Heterodon nasicus gloydi)

The Western Hog-nosed Snake (Heterodon nasicus) is a harmless colubrid species found in North America and northern Mexico.

Western or Plains Hognose Snake, Heterodon nasicus nasicus (Baird & Girard, 1852)

A Synopsis of the Snakes of the Genus Heterodon, with the Diagnosis of a New Race of Heterodon nasicus Baird and Girard.