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Crotalus cerastes, known as the sidewinder, horned rattlesnake or sidewinder rattlesnake, [3] is a pit viper species belonging to the genus Crotalus (the rattlesnakes), and is found in the desert regions of the Southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. Like all other pit vipers, it is venomous.
Sidewinding in a newborn sidewinder rattlesnake. Yellow regions are lifted above the sand and in motion at the time of the photo, while green regions are in static contact with the sand. Blue denotes tracks. Scale imprints are visible in the tracks, showing that the snake's body is static during ground contact. Tracks of a sidewinder in the sand.
Crotalus cerastes cercobombus, commonly known as the Sonoran Desert sidewinder [2] or Sonoran sidewinder, [3] is a pitviper subspecies [4] found in the eastern part of the Sonoran Desert in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. Like all pitvipers, it is venomous. The subspecific epithet means buzzertail. [3]
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A camera mounted on a drone falls in a pit of snakes while filming
Timber rattlesnake, Crotalus horridus This is a list of all sure genera, species and subspecies of the subfamily Crotalinae, [1] otherwise referred to as crotalines, pit vipers, or pitvipers, and including rattlesnakes Crotalus and Sistrurus.
This family is snake-charmed. A Florida man has transformed his garage into a haven for hundreds of exotic reptiles — and even lets his young kids cuddle with the slithery serpents in bed. “It ...
Cerastes is a genus of small, venomous vipers found in the deserts and semi-deserts of northern North Africa eastward through Arabia and Iran. [2] [3] Three species are currently recognized by ITIS, [4] and an additional recently described species is recognized by the Reptile Database. [5]