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Common names: ground rattlesnakes, pigmy rattlesnakes, massasaugas.Sistrurus is a genus of venomous pit vipers found in Canada, the United States and Mexico. The name is a Latinized form of the Greek word for "tail rattler" (Σείστρουρος, Seistrouros) and shares its root with the ancient Egyptian musical instrument, the sistrum, a type of rattle. Three species are currently recognized.

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  • Common names: ground rattlesnakes, pigmy rattlesnakes, massasaugas.Sistrurus is a genus of venomous pit vipers found in Canada, the United States and Mexico. The name is a Latinized form of the Greek word for "tail rattler" (Σείστρουρος, Seistrouros) and shares its root with the ancient Egyptian musical instrument, the sistrum, a type of rattle. Three species are currently recognized.
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  • Sistrurus
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  • * Caudisona (Fitzinger, 1826)
  • * Crotalophorus (Gray, 1825)
  • * Sistrurus (Garman, 1884)
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