Sistrurus miliarius

Sistrurus miliarius
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Genus: Sistrurus
Species:
S. miliarius
Binomial name
Sistrurus miliarius
(Linnaeus, 1766)
Synonyms
List
  • [Crotalus] miliarius
    Linnaeus, 1766
  • Crotalus miliarius
    — Palisot de Beauvois, 1799
  • C[rotalophorus]. miliarius
    — Gray, 1825
  • C[audisona]. miliaria
    — Fitzinger, 1826
  • Crotalophorus miliarius
    — Holbrook, 1842
  • C[rotalus]. (Crotalophorus) miliarius
    — Jan, 1863
  • [Sistrurus] miliarius
    — Garman, 1884
  • Sistrurus miliarius
    — Boulenger, 1896
  • Sistrurus miliarius miliarius
    — Gloyd, 1935
Common names: pygmy rattlesnake, eastern pygmy rattlesnake, ground rattlesnake, leaf rattler, death rattler, more.[3]

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.[1][4] Three subspecies are currently recognized.[4]

  1. ^ a b Hammerson, G.A. (2007). "Sistrurus miliarius". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T64347A12772862. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64347A12772862.en. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
  2. ^ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. ISBN 1-893777-00-6.
  3. ^ 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). ISBN 0-8014-0463-0. (Sistrurus miliarius, pp. 1052-1061).
  4. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference RDB was invoked but never defined (see the help page).