What is Pygmy Rattlesnake?
Pygmy rattlesnake, sistrurus miliharius is a dense, small rattlesnake commonly called Pygmy Rattle or Ground Rattler. Since an adult snake on average 13 to 30 inches (35.5 to 76 cm) has a length, this pitviper has a small rattle, which is rarely heard, and if heard, often described as buzzing insects. The poisonous snake is endemic for the southern United States, where it is referred to as a "buzzer". Unlike larger rattles, pygmy rattlesnake on the upper upper part of its triangular head. The color of the snakes can be red, gray, tanned, lavender or orange and includes a number of dark back spots with orange to red back stripe. The underside of the snake is white with abundant dark spots. The youthful pygmy rattlesnake has a yellow tail, which uses to attract prey and darkens when the snake ripens. The snake's rattle is often six to eight segments and in more than half snakes, there are only three segments.
pygmy rattlesnake is a self -service nature and most commonly occurs hidesthat in the litter of the leaves. Snakes are sometimes arboreal and have been observed up to 10 feet (3 m) on the trees. From these places snakes of ambush, frogs, snakes, small mammals and insects. Pygmy rattlesnakes injects its prey with poison and then releases it. The snake then monitors the prey with the scent after died.
Pygmy Rattlesnake woman gives birth to three to 11 living youngs at the end of summer to early autumn. The courtship and mating occur between the end of summer and in the middle of winter. Men deal with combat rituals with a winning man who wins the right to contact with his wife. Copulation can take several hours and the paired couple often stay together for several days, with one snake curled on the other. The woman's snake stores male sperm until the middle spring as she fertilizes her eggs.
Three subspecies of Pygma rattlesnake are Carolina pygmy, sistrurus miliharius strckeri ; Nitches pygmy, sistrurus billarba Barbouri ; and western pygmy, sistrurus mIliarius strckeri . The ratchet pygmy is located in various environments, including wooded, coastal, coastal and swamps. Pygmy is poisonous, but there were no examples in which the bite from the snake was fatal for humans. Pygmy Rattler is protected in some places, including North Carolina and Tennessee.