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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.
Sidewinding, a form of locomotion used by some snakes . Bitis peringueyi or sidewinding adder, a venomous adder species found in Namibia and southern Angola; Cerastes cerastes or Saharan horned viper, a venomous pit viper found in northern Africa and parts of the Middle East
These include the Western Diamond-backed, Mohave Desert Sidewinder, Colorado Desert Sidewinder, Southern Pacific, Great Basin, Red Diamond, and Panamint rattlesnakes. All seven species are ...
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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.
There are 20 species of dangerous snakes in the US and one state has 19 of them. ... Colorado desert sidewinder, banded rock rattlesnake, Grand Canyon rattlesnake, desert massasauga, Great Basin ...
Crotalus scutulatus is known commonly as the Mohave Rattlesnake. [3] [4] Other common English names include Mojave Rattlesnake [5] [6] and, referring specifically to the nominate (northern) subspecies: Northern Mohave Rattlesnake [4] and Mojave Green Rattlesnake, [7] [5] the latter name commonly shortened to the more colloquial “Mojave green”. [8]