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Removed_2815
07-29-04, 07:21 PM
Greetings,
Well I am very excited to report the successful photographic capture of the Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake (Sistrurus catenatus catenatus).
Enjoy the photos!
http://home.cogeco.ca/~rbolton1/Folder/Massasauga.JPG
http://home.cogeco.ca/~rbolton1/Folder/Massasauga%201.JPG
http://home.cogeco.ca/~rbolton1/Folder/Massasauga%202.JPG
http://home.cogeco.ca/~rbolton1/Folder/Massasauga%203.JPG
http://home.cogeco.ca/~rbolton1/Folder/Massasauga%204.JPG
http://home.cogeco.ca/~rbolton1/Folder/Massasauga%205.JPG
http://home.cogeco.ca/~rbolton1/Folder/Massasauga%20Close-up.JPG
Cheers,
Ryan M Bolton
P.S. Since I found these cute little guys today too, I thought they deserved a chance in the spotlight. The Yellow-spotted Salamander (Ambystoma maculatum) - just tiny juveniles:
http://home.cogeco.ca/~rbolton1/Folder/Yellow-spotted%20Salamander.JPG
http://home.cogeco.ca/~rbolton1/Folder/Two%20Yellow-spotted%20Salamanders.JPG
Vanan
07-29-04, 07:23 PM
Wow! Needless to say, that's a damn cool find! Beautiful shots to protray a beautiful snake. Congrats man!
thunder
07-29-04, 07:26 PM
Yes! my all time favorite rattler!
Lrptls
07-29-04, 07:28 PM
great pics of the snake! those are very pretty. i also like the picture of the salamanders where it looks like they are kissing
BigBADace
07-29-04, 09:20 PM
nice find, where about did u find the rattler.?...i saw a couple eastern massasaugas when i used to camp down in parry sound at killbear prov. park
marisa
07-29-04, 10:06 PM
Congrats on that find!

Marisa
Big_V
07-29-04, 11:16 PM
Man those rattler pics are sweet. I gotta go find one of those some day.
mrcanada21
07-30-04, 07:31 AM
Sweet find. Massasaugas are my favourite snake. I'v noticed our massasaugas (from Essex County) have slightly smaller heads (or narrower) then the ones found around Georgian Bay. I bet it's from an extremely fast growth rate, the body gets big and fat fast and the head still looks like a juvies head. Here are some pics, the first one illustrates the head size quite well. They all look like this.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v156/britishcanuk/q-02.jpg

here is a gigantic male

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v156/britishcanuk/massasauga2.jpg

and a few others....

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v156/britishcanuk/massasaugahead.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v156/britishcanuk/massasauga.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v156/britishcanuk/mass1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v156/britishcanuk/masasauganeo.jpg