#1765 · 🦎 reptiles

Eastern Massasauga

🇳🇱 Massasauga ·Sistrurus catenatus

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 outside Europe

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what is it?

The massasauga ( Sistrurus catenatus ) is a rattlesnake species found in midwestern North America from southern Ontario to northern Mexico, and parts of the United States in between. Three subspecies are currently recognized including the nominate subspecies described here. As with all rattlesnakes, it is a pit viper (and as with all pit vipers, it is venomous).

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 5,628iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
5,628 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque in 1818 (208 years ago).