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Sidewinder (Crotalus cerastes)

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Mojave desert sidewinder ssp. cerastes

© Rob Schell
Mojave desert sidewinder ssp. cerastes head portrait

© Daniel Heuclin / www.photoshot.com
Scales of Mojave desert sidewinder ssp. cerastes

© Daniel Heuclin / www.photoshot.com
Mojave desert sidewinder ssp. cerastes moving over sand dunes

© Daniel Heuclin / Biosphoto
Mojave desert sidewinder ssp. cerastes eye closeup

© Daniel Heuclin / Biosphoto
Mojave desert sidewinder ssp. cerastes, partially buried in bootprint in sand

© Stephen Ingram / Animals Animals
Sonoran sidewinder ssp. cercobombus

© Rob Schell
Sonoran sidewinder ssp. cercobombus with prey

© Bill Love / www.photoshot.com
Juvenile sidewinder rearing up

© Mark Chappell / Animals Animals
Sidewinder on rocks

© John Cancalosi / naturepl.com
Sidewinder on sand

© Paula Coulter / naturepl.com
Portrait of sidewinder

© John Cancalosi / naturepl.com
Sidewinder with tongue extended

© Alain Even / Biosphoto
Sidewinder with mouth open, fangs visible

© Joe McDonald / Animals Animals
Sidewinder camouflaged on ground

© Chris Mattison / www.flpa-images.co.uk
Sidewinder portrait

© Daniel Heuclin / www.photoshot.com
Sidewinder sidewinding over sand

© Daniel Heuclin / www.photoshot.com
Sidewinder coiled on sand

© Bill Love / www.photoshot.com
Sidewinder on ground, dorsal view

© Kike Calvo / V&W / Biosphoto
Sidewinder on sand

© Daniel Heuclin / www.photoshot.com
Sidewinder partially buried in sand

© Wardene Weisser / www.ardea.com
Sidewinder tracks on sand dunes

© Chris Mattison / www.flpa-images.co.uk
Sidewinder predated by kingsnake

© Daniel Heuclin / www.photoshot.com

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