Sistrurus miliarius (Pigmy Rattlesnake)
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PYGMY
RATTLESNAKE
Sistrurus miliarius (Linnaeus, 1766)
STATUS: Very Rare
LOCALITIES OBSERVED: Wise Co.:
near Alvord and 7 mi N of Decatur
DOCUMENTED COUNTIES: Dallas
and Wise
HABITAT: Western Cross
Timbers
SUBSPECIES: Western
Pygmy Rattlesnake (S. m. streckeri
Gloyd, 1935)
COMMENTS: Wise County
contains the only known viable population of the western pygmy rattlesnake
in the Metroplex.
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