Eastern massasauga

Not to be confused with The Massasauga Provincial Park or Mississauga.

Eastern massasauga

Vulnerable  (NatureServe)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Genus: Sistrurus
Species:
S. catenatus
Binomial name
Sistrurus catenatus
(Rafinesque, 1818)
Range in green (when including S. tergeminus)
Synonyms[3]
  • Crotalinus catenatus
    Rafinesque, 1818
  • Crotalusrus (Crotalus) catenatus
    – Rafinesque, 1820
  • Crotalus messasaugus
    Kirtland In Mather, 1838
  • Crotalophorus Kirtlandi
    Holbrook, 1842
  • Crotalophorus consors
    Baird & Girard, 1853
  • Crotalophorus Kirtlandi
    – Baird & Girard, 1853
  • Crotalophorus massasauga
    – Baird, 1854
  • C[rotalus]. consors
    – Coues In Wheeler, 1875
  • [Sistrurus] catenatus
    – Garman, 1883
  • [Sistrurus catenatus] Var. consors – Garman, 1884
  • Crotalophorus catenatus catenatus – Cope, 1892
  • Sistrurus catenatus catenatus
    – Stejneger, 1895
  • Sistrurus catenatus
    – Boulenger, 1896
  • Sistrurus catenatus catenatus
    – Cope, 1900
  • Crotalus messaugus
    – Golay et al., 1993

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]

  1. ^ Frost, D.R.; Hammerson, G.A.; Santos-Barrera, G. (2007). "Sistrurus catenatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T64346A12772707. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64346A12772707.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference TNC was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ 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).
  4. ^ "Massasuga Rattlesnake". Nature Conservancy of Canada.