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Definition of Crotalus cerastes
1. Noun. Small pale-colored desert rattlesnake of southwestern United States; body moves in an s-shaped curve.
Exact synonyms: Horned Rattlesnake, Sidewinder
Generic synonyms: Rattler, Rattlesnake
Group relationships: Crotalus, Genus Crotalus
Generic synonyms: Rattler, Rattlesnake
Group relationships: Crotalus, Genus Crotalus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crotalus Cerastes
Literary usage of Crotalus cerastes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Reptiles of the Pacific Coast and Great Basin: An Account of the Species by John Van Denburgh (1897)
"crotalus cerastes HALLOW., Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1854, p. 95 (type
locality "Borders of the Mohave River, and in the desert of the Mohave") BAIRD, ..."
2. Notes on a Fauna of the Vigo Group and Its Bearing on the Evolution of by Roy Ernest Dickerson (1921)
"crotalus cerastes *45. Gopherus agassizii 1. Scaphiopus hammondii Baird Nos.
40911 to 40924 are fourteen specimens of this spadefoot toad taken at dusk in ..."
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