NOUN
- pygmy rattlesnake found in moist areas from the Great Lakes to Mexico; feeds on mice and small amphibians
- small pygmy rattlesnake
How To Use massasauga In A Sentence
- Behind glass, loll the snakes: timber rattlers, pygmy rattlers, desert massasauga rattlers, and most of the other 32 rattlesnake species known to inhabit the United States.
- EPA officials recently awarded $6.6 million in Great Lakes Restoration Initiative grants designed specifically to put unemployed people to work - uprooting invasive plants, stabilizing stream banks and creating habitat for the endangered Kirtland's warbler and massasauga rattlesnake. KansasCity.com: Front Page
- They may be preyed upon by larger animals, such as large owls, coyotes, or large snakes, such as eastern massasauga rattlesnakes.
- The other occurs from Ohio to Nebraska, where it is called massasauga. Health on the Farm A Manual of Rural Sanitation and Hygiene
- Thomas, We have the massasauga snake where I live. The Best Day of All?
- “The eastern massasauga rattlesnake lives in these woods, girls.” Amaryllis in Blueberry
- They may be preyed upon by larger animals, such as large owls, coyotes, or large snakes, such as eastern massasauga rattlesnakes.
- Some of these species, like the white fringeless orchid and the eastern massasauga rattlesnake, have been waiting decades for protection. Kieran Suckling: 'Extinction Rider' Would Unravel Years of Work Protecting Rare Species
- The massasauga can be characterized as a shy, sluggish snake.
- I am sure there is no danger from that source; but Douglas, did you ever hear of, or see, a massasauga? Michael O'Halloran