Pygmy Rattlesnake
Sistrurus miliarius
- Venom
- Venomous
- Constrictor
- Non-constrictor
- Type
- Pit Viper
- Family
- Viperidae
- Genus
- Sistrurus
- Continents
- North America
- Countries
- 1
- How common
- Common
About
Pygmy Rattlesnake (Sistrurus miliarius) is a venomous pit viper of the family Viperidae, found in United States. It lives in habitats such as temperate deciduous forest, temperate mixed forest, subtropical forest, broadleaf forest and 18 more. Common: recorded in 317 places on iNaturalist.
Where it lives
Native range
Habitats
Estimated from where this snake is recorded and what kind of snake it is - not a confirmed habitat survey.
- Temperate Deciduous Forest
- Temperate Mixed Forest
- Subtropical Forest
- Broadleaf Forest
- Pine Forest
- Grassland
- Temperate Grassland
- Prairie
- Meadow
- Scrubland
- Desert
- Hot Desert
- Semi-Desert
- Desert Scrub
- Coastal Scrub
- Chihuahuan Desert
- Great Plains Grassland
- Eastern North American Deciduous Forest
- Appalachian Forest
- Florida Everglades
- Southeastern Pine Forest
- Longleaf Pine Savanna
Related snakes
- Massasauga Sistrurus catenatus
- Western Massasauga Sistrurus tergeminus
- Bothrops sonene
- Hetfield's Bush Viper Atheris hetfieldi
- Arunachal Pitviper Trimeresurus arunachalensis
- Crotalus caliginis
- San Esteban Island Rattlesnake Crotalus estebanensis
- Veracruz Neotropical rattlesnake Crotalus mictlantecuhtli
- Tehuantepec Isthmus Neotropical rattlesnake Crotalus ehecatl
- Nabang Pitviper Trimeresurus caudornatus
- Crotalus muertensis
- Salazar's Pit Viper Trimeresurus salazar
Stay safe: a photo or a web page can never tell you for certain that a snake is harmless. Keep your distance, never handle a wild snake, and get medical help straight away after any bite.