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While the density of sidewinders can be up to one individual per hectare, they rarely encounter each other except during mating season. [17] Sidewinders have an extraordinarily accelerated lifecycle, with natural life expectancies of females of about 5 years. [17] Males may live quite a bit longer (maximum known natural lifespan of 13 years).
The eastern bluebird is the state bird of Missouri. This list of birds of Missouri includes species documented in the U.S. state of Missouri and accepted by the Missouri Birding Society (MBS). As of July 2021, there are 437 species included in the official list. [1]
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.
This is a list of known snakes in Missouri, United States. Non-venomous snakes. Western Worm Snake Carphophis vermis [1] Northern Scarlet Snake Cemophora coccinea copei.
Missouri River near Rocheport, Missouri. Missouri is home to a diversity of flora, fauna and funga.There is a large amount of fresh water present due to the Mississippi River, Missouri River, and Lake of the Ozarks, with numerous smaller rivers, streams, and lakes.
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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Colorado Desert sidewinder. This form of Crotalus cerastes has the following distinguishing characteristics: the proximal rattle-matrix lobe is black in adult specimens, the ventral scales number 137–151/135–154 in males/females, the subcaudals number 19-26/14-21 in males/females, and there are usually 23 rows of midbody dorsal scales.