Pygmy Rattler
Pygmy rattler is a common name for two species of snakes: * ''Sistrurus miliarius'', a.k.a. the pigmy rattlesnake, a venomous pitviper found in North America * ''Sistrurus catenatus The massasauga (''Sistrurus catenatus'') is a rattlesnake species found in midwestern North America from southern Ontario to northern Mexico and parts of the United States in between. Like all rattlesnakes, it is a pit viper and is venomous. Th ...

Sistrurus Miliarius
:''Common names: pygmy rattlesnake, eastern pygmy rattlesnake, ground rattlesnake, leaf rattler, death rattler, more.'' Wright AH, Wright AA (1957). ''Handbook of Snakes of the United States and Canada''. Ithaca and London: Comstock Publishing Associates, a Division of Cornell University Press. (7th printing, 1985). 1,105 pp. (in two volumes). . (''Sistrurus miliarius'', pp. 1052-1061). ''Sistrurus miliarius,'' commonly called the pygmy rattlesnake, is a species of venomous snake in the subfamily Crotalinae (pit vipers) of the family Viperidae. The species is endemic to the Southeastern United States. Three subspecies are currently recognized. Description ''S. miliarius'' is a small species, with adults usually growing to in total length (including tail). The maximum reported total length is ( Klauber, 1972). Snellings and Collins (1997) reported a specimen of ''S. m. barbouri'' measuring , but it had been in captivity for over 12 years. The largest ''S. m. barbouri'' repor ...
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