Mohave Desert Sidewinder
Crotalus cerastes cerastes
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- C. c. cerastes – San Bernardino Co, CA – photo by Steve Bledsoe
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- Map by Steve Bledsoe, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Crotalus c. cerastes occurs in the Mojave Desert regions of eastern California, western Arizona, southern Nevand and extreme southwestern Utah.
LEGAL STATUS: No Listings
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Crotalus cerastes cerastes (Hallowell – 1854)
Genus: Crotalus, Greek – krotalon = a rattle ref. rattle on tail
Species/Subspecies: cerastes, Greek – kerastes = horned – ref. horned shaped supraocular scales
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jaeger 1962