Genus
Sistrurus
6 species
The list of species of Sistrurus genus
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The list of species of Sistrurus genus
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The massasauga (Sistrurus catenatus) is a venomous rattlesnake species found in midwestern North America. Like all rattlesnakes, it belongs to the pit viper family. Rattlesnakes receive their name from the rattle located at the end of their tails,...
The Pygmy rattlesnake (Sistrurus miliarius) is a small venomous snake native to the United States. It is a member of the pit viper family. Pit vipers have a heat-sensing pit organ located between the eye and the nostril on both sides of the head;...
Sistrurus miliarius barbouri is a venomous pit viper subspecies endemic to the southeastern United States.
Sistrurus catenatus tergeminus is a venomous pit viper subspecies found in the southwestern plains of the United States. In some areas its range overlaps that of another subspecies, S. c. edwardsii, and intergrading of the two is not unknown.
Sistrurus catenatus edwardsii is a subspecies of venomous pit viper in the family Viperidae. The subspecies is endemic to the Southwestern United States and northern Mexico. In places, its range overlaps that of S. c. tergeminus, and intergrading of...
Sistrurus miliarius streckeri is a venomous pit viper subspecies found in the southcentral United States.
