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2007-02-12 02:51:18 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Reptiles
The venomous Sidewinder is also called the "Horned Rattlesnake." It is unique because of its sideways form of locomotion with its body moving in an S-shaped curve.
Range
Mojave and Sonoran deserts of southeastern California, western Arizona, southern Nevada and extreme southwestern Utah to Mexico.
Habitat
Often found in arid desert flatlands, loose, sandy washes, hard pan flats and rocky areas below 5,000 feet. Also common among hummocks topped with creosote where Kangaroo Rats and other rodents burrow.
Description
This Sidewinder is light in color -- tan, cream, pink, gray or sandy, with darker patches on its back of gray, yellow or tan. Mature adults grow 18 to 32 inches in length. It also has a dark eye strip extending back along its head.
The Sidewinder has rough, keeled scales, which aid in its unique sidewinding locomotion. Its supraoculars (triangular projections over each eye) are pointed and upturned giving them a horn-like appearance --thus its nickname, the Horned Rattlesnake.
Behavior
The Sidewinder travels quickly over desert surfaces using its unique "side winding" locomotion to prey on Pocket Mice, Kangaroo Rats, lizards and sometimes birds. Young Sidewinders prefer lizards while older ones prefer rodents. Rodents are bitten, released and tracked down, while lizards are held until the venom takes effect..
Life Cycle
Sidewinders mate April through May, sometimes in the fall. Females give birth to 5-18 young late summer to early fall. The young are born 6 to 8" long.
Subspecies
Mojave Desert Sidewinder (C. c. cerastes) has the bottom segment of its rattle brown. It ranges from extreme southwestern Utah, southern Nevada and the Mojave Desert of California.
Sonoran Sidewinder (C.c. cercobombus) has the bottom segment of its rattle black. It ranges from south-central Arizona into Sonora, Mexico.
Colorado Desert Sidewinder (C.c. laterorepens) has the basal rattle segment black. Ranges from southwestern Arizona and southeastern California into Mexico.
2007-02-12 03:04:55 · answer #1 · answered by bubble bunny 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a sidewinder is named a sidewinder because it strikes sideways somewhat of ahead it truly is a particular version so it ought to pass through the dunes more straightforward and bigger effectively it also makes use of its sideways action to dig into the sand and watch for prey to stroll through and strike a sidewinder is the smallest adder snake
2016-11-27 03:55:16 · answer #2 · answered by sposato 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sidewinders are just one of many varieties of rattlesnakes--the gentlemen of the snake kingdom because they warn before striking.
2007-02-12 02:57:55 · answer #3 · answered by David M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
personally i dont know much anything about snakes but try out www.wikipedia.org!!!
2007-02-12 02:55:06 · answer #4 · answered by boyspiky07 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try www.kingsnake.com its got connections to all things reptile
2007-02-12 02:55:15 · answer #5 · answered by john e 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.desertusa.com/mag98/april/papr/du_sidewind.html
2007-02-12 02:56:00 · answer #6 · answered by IGH3Rat 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋