Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake
Scientific Name: Sistrurus catenatus catenatus
Size: 18-40 inches (45-100 cm) in length
PA Status: Endangered Species - Only 5 known populations in PA
PAHERP Resource: Buzz in the Prairie ...
The Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake is a venomous snake. Although smaller than the other two venomous snakes in Ohio, this rattler still is very dangerous to people and their pets.
EASTERN MASSASAUGA
Sistrurus catenatus catenatus
Length 20-30 in.
(51-76 cm.) ...
Eastern Massasauga (melanistic phase)
Evidently both color phases of Eastern Massasaugas were common in Kennicott's time, but have become very uncommon in this area within the past 15 to 20 years.
Crotalophorus miliarus ...
Common Name: Eastern Massasauga
Scientific Name: Sistrurus catenatus catenatus
Wisconsin Status: Endangered Species (1975) ...
Only two of these snakes are poisonous, the timber rattlesnake and the eastern massasauga (mas-a-sa-gwa) rattlesnake. They are found only in specific habitats in the the southwestern part of the state.
A subspecies of this snake occurs in Canada: the eastern Massasauga rattlesnake (Sistrurus catenatus catenatus). It occurs in Ontario from Windsor and the Niagara Peninsula north to Georgian Bay and east to the Muskoka Lakes.
Warbler, and telemetered Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnakes. I also was a certified type II wildland
firefighter and Faller "A" Apprentice Sawyer.
Supervisor: Paul Thompson ...
Although all rattle snakes can swim, the eastern massasauga rattlesnake is sometimes known as the swamp rattler and spends more time in aquatic environments than its relatives.
owls (Strigiformes)
coyotes (Canis latrans)
rattlesnakes (Crotalidae)
eastern massasauga rattlesnakes (Sistrurus catenatus) ...
 See also: Massasauga, Snake, Rattlesnake, Rat snake, Water Snake
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