#sistrurus

[herpsandbirds]

Western Pygmy Rattlesnakes (Sistrurus miliarius streckeri), family Viperidae, Missouri, USA

Venomous.

photograph by Chad Wallis

[turanica]

Some variation among Carolina pygmy rattlesnakes..on the left is either axanthic (which means it's lacking yellow color pigments) or anerythristic (lacking red), center is one from the southern end of the range, where they intergrade with the Dusky pygmy rattlesnakes (a different, darker subspecies), and on the right is from the northeastern part of their range where most individuals tend to have a reddish color

[thlpp]

Dusky Pygmy Rattlesnake from the Florida Panhandle

by Arizona Field Herping and Photography

[herpsandbirds]

Western Massasauga (Sistrurus tergeminus), family Viperidae, Kansas, USA

Venomous.

photograph by Yinan Li

[herpsandbirds]

Carolina Pygmy Rattlesnakes (Sistrurus m. miliarius), juvenile, family Viperidae, SC, USA

Venomous.

photograph by Bailey Andrews Peacock

[herpsandbirds]

Eastern Massasauga (Sistrurus catenatus), mother and pups, family Viperidae, found int he Great Lakes area of the US and Canada

Venomous.

photograph by Bob Ferguson

[herpsandbirds]

Dusky Pygmy Rattlesnake (Sistrurus miliarius barbouri), family Viperidae, found in the SE United States

Venomous.

photograph by Myke Clarkson

[herpsandbirds]

Western Pygmy Rattlesnakes (Sistrurus miliarius streckeri), family Viperidae, Missouri, USA

Venomous.

photograph by Peter Paplanus