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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.
Sidewinding is a type of locomotion unique to snakes, used to move across loose or slippery substrates. It is most often used by the Saharan horned viper, Cerastes cerastes , the Mojave sidewinder rattlesnake , Crotalus cerastes , and the Namib desert sidewinding adder, Bitis peringueyi , to move across loose desert sands, and also by ...
Wart snake; Water moccasin; Water snake. Bocourt's water snake; Northern water snake; Whip snake. Long-nosed whip snake; Wolf snake. African wolf snake; Barred wolf snake; Worm snake. Common worm snake; Longnosed worm snake; Wutu
Pelamis platurus (yellow-bellied sea snake or pelagic sea snake) Praescutata viperina (viperine sea snake) Family Leptotyphlopidae (thread snakes) - 2 species Leptotyphlops blanfordii (Blanford's worm snake or Sind thread snake) Leptotyphlops macrorhynchus (long-nosed worm snake or beaked thread snake) Family Pythonidae (pythons) - 1 species
Cerastes cerastes, commonly known as the Saharan horned viper [4] or the desert horned viper, [5] is a species of viper native to the deserts of Northern Africa and parts of the Arabian Peninsula and Levant. It is often easily recognized by the presence of a pair of supraocular "horns", although hornless individuals do occur. [4]
The snake is found in a variety of habitats, from forests to near deserts, although usually near sources of water. The snake becomes dormant during the dry season. The Central African rock python kills its prey by constriction and often eats animals up to the size of antelope, occasionally even crocodiles. The snake reproduces by egg-laying.
Atractaspis andersonii, the Arabian small-scaled burrowing asp, is a species of snake in the family Atractaspididae. It lives in dry desert regions in Saudi Arabia, Israel, Oman, Yemen and Jordan. The species was first described by George Albert Boulenger in 1905.
Desert black snakes are strictly terrestrial and nocturnal, being most active around midnight. They actively pursue and forage for their prey and, rather than envenomate their prey with an open mouth, they usually bite sideways at short distances and often use constriction and suffocation techniques in addition to their venom. [ 3 ]