Sistrurus catenatus (Massasauga)
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MASSASAUGA
Sistrurus catenatus (Rafinesque, 1818)
STATUS: Common
LOCALITIES OBSERVED: Hood
Co.: 2.3 mi W jct of Tx
171 on County Rd. 409, .8 mi NW of US 377 on Tx 171, and 4.5 mi N jct of
FM 2580 on FM 4; Johnson
Co.: 11.5 mi N of Tx 144
on US 67, 3.5 mi SW of US 67 on Park Rd. 21, .4 mi E US 377 on Tx 171, and
4.8 mi NE of FM 1434 on Park Rd. 21;
Parker Co.: 3.8
S of FM 1187 on Kelly Rd., 4 mi NW of US 377 on Tx 171, Benbrook-Aledo
Rd., Tx 171 S of Weatherford, 3.5 mi W of US 377 on FM 2376, and Montcrif
Rd. S of Weatherford; Tarrant
Co.: Boaz Golf Course,
Benbrook-Aledo Rd., 3 mi SE of Wheatland, and Dutch Branch at US 377
bridge
DOCUMENTED COUNTIES: Dallas,
Hood, Johnson, Parker, Tarrant
HABITAT: Fort Worth
Prairie, Western Cross Timbers, and Rolling Plains
SUBSPECIES: Western
Massasauga [S. c. tergeminus (Say, 1823)]
COMMENTS: The
massasauga is one of most common snakes found at night on roads in the
southwestern part of the Metroplex.
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