#1778 · 🦎 reptiles

Sidewinder

🇳🇱 Hoornratelslang ·Crotalus cerastes

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Yinan Li · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Yinan Li · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © David Bygott · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
4. © Lynette Schimming · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Sibylle Stofer · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
6. Kern County, CA, USA:© Greg Watson · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Inyo County, CA, USA:© Creed Clayton · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
8. Borrego Springs, CA 92004, USA:© Bridget Spencer · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Carretera San Felipe-Laguna Chapala, Mexicali, B.C., MX:© Leonardo Ponce · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Kern County, US-CA, US:© Tony Iwane · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The sidewinder ( Crotalus cerastes ), also known as the horned rattlesnake and sidewinder rattlesnake , is a venomous pit viper species belonging to the genus Crotalus (rattlesnakes) and is found in the desert regions of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. Three subspecies are currently recognized, including the nominate subspecies described here.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 5,245iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
5,245 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Edward Hallowell in 1854 (172 years ago).