The Massasauga Rattlesnake is a small rattlesnake. There are three species – the eastern, the western, and the desert, of which the latter is the one that lives in Colorado. Their location across North America – stretching from Ontario to southeastern Arizona, with some disjunct populations in Colorado and northern Mexico – roughly follows the spread of grasslands following the retreat of the Pleistocene glaciers. In Colorado, they live in the southeastern plains, in dry grassland environments.
118: Massasauga Rattlesnake
118: Massasauga Rattlesnake
118: Massasauga Rattlesnake
The Massasauga Rattlesnake is a small rattlesnake. There are three species – the eastern, the western, and the desert, of which the latter is the one that lives in Colorado. Their location across North America – stretching from Ontario to southeastern Arizona, with some disjunct populations in Colorado and northern Mexico – roughly follows the spread of grasslands following the retreat of the Pleistocene glaciers. In Colorado, they live in the southeastern plains, in dry grassland environments.