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AnimalsSensitive species
A large, loud sand-country snake that hisses like a steam valve and shakes its tail when cornered.
Field facts
HabitatSand prairie and dunes
RangeNorthwestern Indiana
When to lookApril to October
StatusState endangered (Indiana DNR / IUCN Red List)
Look-alikesFox Snake, Massasauga — true rattle
Field note: A flap in its throat amplifies the hiss into a roar.
Lesson
Watching responsibly
Keep to trails in dune country and report sightings to DNR.
This species is treated as sensitive: locations are generalised to county level and never routed to directly.
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