Massasauga rattlesnake, Sistrurus catenatus
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Where are they found? North America ...
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 ...
Massasauga Rattlesnake
Wisconsin Status: endangered
Federal Status: Under consideration for listing
length: 20-32 inches ...
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.
Massasauga rattlesnake
Class: Reptilia
Status: IUCN: Least Concern; CITES: Not Listed; COSEWIC: Threatened.
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Habitat utilization and status of the eastern massasauga rattlesnake, Sistrurus catenatus catenatus, in the Chicago region. Pp. 66-70 in: B. Johnson and V.
Warbler, and telemetered Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnakes. I also was a certified type II wildland
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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.
Brush SW & Ferguson GW. (1986). Predation of Lark Sparrow Chondestes-Grammacus Eggs by a Massasauga Rattlesnake Sistrurus-Catenatus. Southwestern Naturalist. vol 31, no 2. p. 260-261.
owls (Strigiformes)
coyotes (Canis latrans)
rattlesnakes (Crotalidae)
eastern massasauga rattlesnakes (Sistrurus catenatus) ...
Young massasauga rattlesnakes are well-patterned but paler than the adults. This is the only Ontario snake with vertical pupils. It has heat-sensing pits on each side of its smallish head, the scales are keeled and the anal scale is single.
snakes that you may find in your yard are black rat snakes, fox snakes, hognose snakes and banded water snakes. The venomous snakes that are found in the state are: northern copperhead, timber rattlesnake, cottonmouth and massasauga rattlesnake.
 See also: Rattlesnake, Snake, Massasauga, Eastern Massasauga, Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake
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