Crotalus cerastes cercobombus
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Viperidae |
| Genus: | Crotalus |
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| Subspecies: | C. c. cercobombus
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| Crotalus cerastes cercobombus Savage & Cliff, 1953
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Crotalus cerastes cercobombus, commonly known as the Sonoran Desert sidewinder
Description
This form has the following distinguishing characteristics: the proximal rattle-matrix lobe is black in adult specimens, the
Geographic range
Found in the
Campbell and Lamar (2004) describe its range as the desert regions of south-central Arizona and parts of western Sonora, exclusive of the panhandle region in the west, but including
Taxonomy
This subspecies was established by J.M. Savage and F.S. Cliff, based on information that had previously been published by Stanford, Klauber and Hensley. They described their new form, C. c. cercobombus, as occupying the eastern half of the range for C. c. laterorepens as defined by Klauber.[3]
References
- ^ ISBN 1-893777-01-4(volume).
- ISBN 0-520-21056-5.
- ^ ISBN 0-8014-0463-0.
- ^ "Crotalus cerastes cercobombus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 1 August 2007.
- ^ ISBN 0-8014-4141-2.
External links
Crotalus cerastes cercobombus.
- Crotalus cerastes at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 3 August 2007.