MASSASAUGA Sistrurus catenatus (Rafinesque, 1818)

STATUS:  Common

DOCUMENTED COUNTIES:  Dallas, Hood, Johnson, Parker, Tarrant, and Wise

HABITAT:  Fort Worth Prairie, Western Cross Timbers, and Rolling Plains

SUBSPECIES:  Western Massasauga S. c. tergeminus (Say, 1823)

COMMENTS:  The massasauga is commonly found at night on roads in the southwestern part of the Metroplex.