Pygmy Rattlesnake Sightings

Species: Sistrurus miliarius

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Common Name: Pygmy Rattlesnake
Species: Sistrurus miliarius
Record#: 5058
Location: Tarpon Springs, FL, USA
Date Sighted: 2018-08-05 #Seen: 2
User#: bcpgopher
View full size photo of Pygmy Rattlesnake in Tarpon Springs, FL, USASite Description: Brooker Creek Preserve Ed Center entrance area
Comment : Coiled up and apparantly resting basically in the open on fallen oak leaves.


 
Common Name: Pygmy Rattlesnake
Species: Sistrurus miliarius
Record#: 4762
Location: Tarpon Springs, FL, USA
Date Sighted: 2016-10-16 #Seen: 1
User#: bcpgopher
View full size photo of Pygmy Rattlesnake in Tarpon Springs, FL, USASite Description: Brooker Creek Preserve
Comment : Off boardwalk near Ed Center front door.


 
Common Name: Pygmy Rattlesnake
Species: Sistrurus miliarius
Record#: 4725
Location: Tarpon Springs, FL, USA
Date Sighted: 2016-10-06 #Seen: 1
User#: bcpgopher
View full size photo of Pygmy Rattlesnake in Tarpon Springs, FL, USASite Description: Brooker Creek Preserve
Comment : Auditorium area


 
Common Name: Pygmy Rattlesnake
Species: Sistrurus miliarius
Record#: 4407
Location: Tarpon Springs, FL, USA
Date Sighted: 2015-11-22 #Seen: 1
User#: bcpgopher
View full size photo of Pygmy Rattlesnake in Tarpon Springs, FL, USASite Description: Brooker Creek Preserve
Comment : Resting on surface of exit road.


 
Common Name: Pygmy Rattlesnake
Species: Sistrurus miliarius
Record#: 4090
Location: Tarpon Springs, FL, USA
Date Sighted: 2015-03-21 #Seen: 1
User#: bcpgopher
Site Description: Brooker Creek Preserve
Comment : Slithering across entry road near maintenance road entrance.


 
Common Name: Pygmy Rattlesnake
Species: Sistrurus miliarius
Record#: 3542
Location: Tarpon Springs, FL, USA
Date Sighted: 2013-07-03 #Seen: 1
User#: bcpgopher
View full size photo of Pygmy Rattlesnake in Tarpon Springs, FL, USASite Description: Brooker Creek Preserve
Comment : Observed along auditorium sidewalk to parking lot. Resting clump of Muhle Grass.


 
Common Name: Pygmy Rattlesnake
Species: Sistrurus miliarius
Record#: 3400
Location: Tarpon Springs, FL, USA
Date Sighted: 2013-06-28 #Seen: 1
User#: bcpgopher
Site Description: Brooker Creek Preserve
Comment : Auditorium sidewalk to parking lot.


 
Common Name: Pygmy Rattlesnake
Species: Sistrurus miliarius
Record#: 1697
Location: Tarpon Springs, FL, USA
Date Sighted: 2013-02-16 #Seen: 1
User#: bcpgopher
View full size photo of Pygmy Rattlesnake in Tarpon Springs, FL, USASite Description: Brooker Creek Preserve Ed Center Boardwalk, entering from parking lot, E side approx. 50 feet past (W) bronze plaque.
Comment : Appeared to taking in sun. May have been digesting a meal based on its midsection looking larger than normal; and remaining in the same position for an extended period of time.