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Pygmy Rattlesnake

Sistrurus miliarius

Photo by Rosa Maria
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28.5411, -80.708

Field Notes

Description:

There were plenty of these little guys basking in the sun. Pygmy Rattlesnakes come from the Viperidae family.

WARNING: Pygmy Rattlesnakes and all other species of the viper family are venomous.

Notes:

Picture was taken at the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge.

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