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Tuesday, August 23. 2016

Herp du Jour: Massasauga

This is a rattler of the central US, ranging from Ontario to Mexico and generally preferring grasslands and marshes. I have never seen one, but I have never searched for snakes in the central US. However, I once came across a DeKay's Snake in central Ohio on a hike. Took a photo. The field biologist said they had never been recorded in central Ohio so I guess I made history in a small way.


Have you ever seen a Massasauga?  This guy is well-camouflaged in the grasses. It is good not to be a mouse.



Posted by Bird Dog in Natural History and Conservation at 17:47 | Comments (16) | Trackbacks (0)

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dear lil', f face, nobody, s heads . . .
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#1 faight on 2016-08-23 17:58 (Reply)
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#2 faight on 2016-08-23 18:02 (Reply)
i love the girl in this picture, i have no control over that

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#3 faight on 2016-08-23 18:29 (Reply)
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#4 faightt on 2016-08-23 18:33 (Reply)
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#5 faight on 2016-08-23 18:42 (Reply)
lil' p, p's, i m here 4u still . . .

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#6 faight on 2016-08-23 18:54 (Reply)
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#11 faightt on 2016-08-23 21:21 (Reply)
irishman singing 4u
#12 faightt on 2016-08-23 21:22 (Reply)
lil' f face, nobody, f heads . . .

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#13 faight on 2016-08-23 21:48 (Reply)
Happy to say, they are endangered in our state.
#14 Oldblood on 2016-08-23 23:24 (Reply)
"She never begins an attack, nor, when once engaged, ever surrenders: She is therefore an emblem of magnanimity and true courage." -- Benjamin Franklin.

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#15 Roy Lofquist on 2016-08-24 00:46 (Reply)
They live almost everywhere I've lived, but I've never seen one.
#16 forest on 2016-08-24 09:37 (Reply)

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