Crotalus cerastes

Sidewinder ; (Crotalus cerastes)
	Death Valley National Park
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Viperidae
Genus:	Crotalus
Species:	C. cerastes
Binomial name
	Crotalus cerastes; Hallowell, 1854
Synonyms
	Crotalus cerastes Hallowell, 1854; C[audisona]. cerastes ; – Cope, 1867; Caudisona (Aechmophrys) cerastes – Coues in Wheeler, 1875; Aechmophrys cerastes – Coues In Wheeler, 1875; Crotalus cerastes ; – Boulenger, 1896; Crotalus cerastes [cerastes] ; – Klauber, 1944;

Crotalus cerastes, known as the sidewinder, horned rattlesnake or sidewinder rattlesnake, is a pit viper species belonging to the genus Crotalus (the rattlesnakes), and is found in the desert regions of the Southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. Like all other pit vipers, it is venomous. Three subspecies are currently recognized.

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