Sonoran Desert Sidewinder
Crotalus cerastes cercobombus
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- C. c. cercobombus – Maricopa Co, AZ – photo by Will Wells
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- C. c. cercobombus – Maricopa Co, AZ – photo by Will Wells 2
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- C. c. cercobombus – Maricopa Co, AZ – photo by Kris Haas
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- C. c. cercobombus – Maricopa Co, AZ – photo by James D. Bear
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- C. c. cercobombus – Maricopa Co, AZ – photo by James D. Bear
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- C. c. cercobombus – Maricopa Co, AZ – photo by Ben Stupavsky
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- C. c. cercobombus – Maricopa Co, AZ – photo by Andrew Holycross, AZPARC
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- Map by Steve Bledsoe, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region Crotalus c. cercobombus occurs in the Sonoran Desert region of south-central Arizona
LEGAL STATUS: None listed
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Crotalus cerastes cercobombus (Savage & Cliff – 1953)
Genus: Crotalus, Greek – krotalon = a rattle ref. rattle on tail
Species: cerastes, Greek – kerastes = horned – ref. horned shaped supraocular scales
Subspecies: cercobombus, Greek – kerkos = tail + bombus = to buzz
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jaeger 1962