Colorado Desert Sidewinder
Crotalus cerastes laterorepens
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- C. c. laterorepens – Imperial Co, CA – photo by Will Wells
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- C. c. laterorepens – La Paz Co, AZ – photo by Will Wells
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- C. c. laterorepens – San Diego Co, CA – photo by Steve Bledsoe
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- C. c. laterorepens – San Diego Co, CA – photo by Steve Bledsoe
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- C. c. laterorepens – Yuma Co, AZ – photo by Will Wells
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- Map by Steve Bledsoe, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Crotalus c. laterorepens occurs in southwestern Arizona and southeastern California.
LEGAL STATUS: No Listings
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Crotalus cerastes laterorepens (Klauber – 1944)
Genus: Crotalus, Greek – krotalon = a rattle ref. rattle on tail
Species: cerastes, Greek – kerastes = horned – ref. horned shaped supraocular scales
Subspecies: laterorepens, Latin – latero = side + repens = creeping or crawling – ref. curious sidewinding style of moving
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jaeger 1962