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Sistrurus miliarius barbouri
Adults grow to between 35.5 and 76 cm in length (Klauber, 1943). In a study that involved 103 males and 80 females, the average length was 53.5 cm.[2] Snellings and Collins (1997) reported a specimen measuring 80.3 cm, but it had been in captivity for over 12 years. The largest reported by Gloyd (1940) was one measuring 63.8 cm from St. Petersburg, Florida.[4] Regarding the coloration, this subspecies has dorsal spots that are more rounded, usually has a whitish that is heavily flecked or mottled with black or dark brown, and generally has 23 rows of dorsal scales at midbody
Found in the United States from extreme southern South Carolina through southern Georgia, all of Florida, west through southern Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana.
These are a mating pair.
Spotted on Sep 19, 2012
Submitted on Sep 19, 2012
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These two dusky pygmies were curled up under a palmeto leaf, found them as i was hiking the florida trail.
Beautiful!