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Sistrurus miliarius streckeri



Sistrurus miliarius streckeri

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Subfamily: Crotalinae
Genus: Sistrurus
Species: S. miliarius
Subspecies: S. m. streckeri
Trinomial name
Sistrurus miliarius streckeri
Gloyd, 1935
Synonyms
  • Sistrurus miliarius streckeri - Gloyd, 1935[1]
Common names: western pigmy rattlesnake, Strecker's pigmy rattlesnake, more.[2]

Sistrurus miliarius streckeri is a venomous pitviper subspecies[3] found in the south-central United States.

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Description

Adult specimens are 40-63 cm in length. In one study, the average length of 55 males and 49 females was 52 cm.[2]

Its color pattern is distinct and very irregular, the middorsal series of blotches being plainly wider than they are long. Along the sides there are only 1-2 series of spots, the upper ones being higher than they are wide. Any dark pigment on the belly is diffuse, the blotches there usually not being wider than one scale. This race also has the lowest number of ventral scales for the species (Gloyd, 1935).[2]

Common names

Ground rattlesnake, pigmy rattlesnake, southern pigmy rattlesnake, Strecker's pigmy rattlesnake, western ground rattlesnake, western pigmy rattlesnake.[2]

Geographic range

Found in the United States in Mississippi (except for southeast of the Pearl River Valley), west through Louisiana into eastern Texas, and north into southeastern Oklahoma, Arkansas, southern Missouri and southwestern Tennessee. The type locality listed is "... near Imboden, Lawrence County, Arkansas" (USA).[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  2. ^ a b c d Wright AH, Wright AA. 1957. Handbook of Snakes. Comstock Publishing Associates. (7th printing, 1985). 1105 pp. ISBN 0-8014-0463-0.
  3. ^ Sistrurus miliarius streckeri (TSN 209508). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed on 2 March 2007.
 
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