Eastern Massasauga - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
The eastern massasauga rattlesnake is a small pit viper that occurs in the northern midwest United States and Ontario, Canada. Originally believed to be a subspecies of western massasauga rattlesnake, genetic analyses have since demonstrated it to be a distinct species that was reclassified in 2011 as Sistrurus catenatus .
Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake - Michigan Natural Features …
The eastern massasauga rattlesnake (Sistrurus catenatus catenatus) is a unique and fascinating part of Michigan's natural heritage. It is Michigan's only venomous snake, and one of only two rattlesnake species that occur in the Great Lakes region.
Eastern massasauga - Wikipedia
The eastern massasauga (Sistrurus catenatus) is a rattlesnake species found in central and eastern North America from southern Ontario in Canada and throughout the Midwestern and Eastern United States. Like all rattlesnakes, it is a pit viper and is venomous; it is the only species of venomous snake in Ontario. [4]
Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake - Western Pennsylvania Conservancy
The eastern massasauga rattlesnake averages 20 to 30 inches in length. The snake is light gray with a color pattern that includes a series of large, dark brown and black, middorsal blotches and two to three rows of lateral blotches.
All about Ohio's massasauga rattlesnake, a rare, endangered …
2024年6月5日 · What is the eastern massasauga rattlesnake's range and habitat? The massasauga is found in the northern Midwest United States as well as Ontario, Canada, according to U.S. Fish and...
Western Massasauga Rattlesnake - save-the-buzztails
The western massasauga is a small rattlesnake (albiet slightly larger than its close cousins) which occurs in the American midwest in wet meadows, marshes, and woodlands. The diet of the western massasauga consists primarily of mammals but also snakes, lizards, birds, and frogs.
eastern massasauga - Illinois Department of Natural Resources
The eastern massasauga averages 18 to 30 inches in length. It has a heat-sensitive pit on each side of the head between the eye and the nostril. Its head is flattened and much wider than the neck. The pupil of each eye is vertically elliptical. A rattle is …
Eastern Massasauga - NYSDEC - New York State Department of ...
Massasauga rattlesnakes range from central New York and southern Ontario west to the prairies of Iowa and Missouri. The eastern massasauga is strongly associated with wetlands across most of its range. Wet prairie is the preferred habitat in the west, bogs and swamps in the east.
Western Massasauga Rattlesnake - LandPKS
2020年7月26日 · In the spring, snakes move up to 1.3 mi/2 km from the hibernaculum (over wintering dens) in shortgrass prairie areas with compact clay soils to summer foraging areas in mixed grass, sand sage or sand hills prairie. In the summer, snakes are often observed at the base of sand sage in ambush or resting coils.
Range map for the eastern massasauga. Shaded counties …
We fitted contemporary capture–recapture and matrix models to an 8-year dataset to estimate population parameters for an eastern massasauga population near the range center of the species,...