{"id":2404,"date":"2025-12-03T07:51:29","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T14:51:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/fieldherper\/?p=2404"},"modified":"2025-12-03T07:51:31","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T14:51:31","slug":"sidewinder-the-horned-rattlesnake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/fieldherper\/snakes\/sidewinder-the-horned-rattlesnake\/","title":{"rendered":"Sidewinder, The Horned Rattlesnake"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/fieldherper\/category\/snakes\/viperidae\/rattlesnakes\/cerastes\/cerastes-cerastes\/\" data-type=\"category\" data-id=\"152\">cerastes<\/a>A Sonoran Sidewinder that had just crossed a road west of <a href=\"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/fieldherper\/tag\/phoenix\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"14\">Phoenix<\/a>. These small <a href=\"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/fieldherper\/tag\/specialist\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"628\">specialist<\/a> rattlesnakes are abundant in the right conditions. This is the reason that hikers will almost never come across one &#8230; the flat sandy habitat they need is nobody&#8217;s hiking destination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"850\" src=\"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/fieldherper\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crotalus-cerastes-cercobombus-_6972-Edit-1200x850.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/fieldherper\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crotalus-cerastes-cercobombus-_6972-Edit-1200x850.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/fieldherper\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crotalus-cerastes-cercobombus-_6972-Edit-752x533.jpg 752w, https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/fieldherper\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crotalus-cerastes-cercobombus-_6972-Edit-768x544.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/fieldherper\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crotalus-cerastes-cercobombus-_6972-Edit-1536x1089.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/fieldherper\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crotalus-cerastes-cercobombus-_6972-Edit-2048x1451.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Leavitt, D. J., &amp; Grimsley, A. A. (2019). Density, recapture probability, biomass, productivity, and population structure of Sidewinders (Crotalus cerastes) in the Sonoran Desert of Arizona. Herpetology Notes, 12, 427\u2013435. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/332802062\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/332802062<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>cerastesA Sonoran Sidewinder that had just crossed a road west of Phoenix. These small specialist rattlesnakes are abundant in the right conditions. This is the reason that hikers will almost never come across one &#8230; the flat sandy habitat they need is nobody&#8217;s hiking destination. Leavitt, D. J., &amp; Grimsley, A. A. (2019). 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