Massasauga Rattlesnake Traditional Cache

This series is meant to teach people about the different snakes in Iowa.  There are 28 total and all unique.

Don't step on this one!

The Eastern Massasauga is listed as an endangered species.  The adults are not large, ranging from 60 to 75 cm (24 to 30 in) in length. The color pattern consists of a grey or tan ground color with a row of large rounded brown/black blotches or spots down the center of the back and three smaller rows of alternating spots down each side. Young massasauga are well-patterned but paler than the adults. It has heat-sensing pits on each side of its smallish head, the scales are keeled and the anal scale is single.