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Life History And Reproductive Ecology Of Sistrurus Miliarius Barbouri : The Dusky Pygmy Rattlesnake In Long Pine Key, Everglades National Park, Teresa C. Defrancesco
Life History And Reproductive Ecology Of Sistrurus Miliarius Barbouri : The Dusky Pygmy Rattlesnake In Long Pine Key, Everglades National Park, Teresa C. Defrancesco
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The life history and reproductive ecology of the pygmy rattlesnake, Sistrurus miliarius barbouri was studied from January, 1984 to June, 1987 at Long Pine Key, Everglades national Park. This sample exhibits no sexual dimorphism except for relative to hail lengths; mean adult size was about 47 cms. Females do however comprise the majority of the snakes over 50 cms. S.m. barbouri show no habitat preference between the four habitat types. They are active year-round theater clearly second half of the year snakes. The species activity peak is in October which marks the end of the wet season and the climax …