Colorado Desert Sidewinder (Crotalus cerastes laterorepens)

Created: February 23rd, 2011 - 12:23 AM
Last Modified: December 7th, 2021 - 07:49 AM Entered by: Brian Hinds-AKA Fundad
Record 64775

Country: United States		State: California	County: Riverside County	Time: 2011-02-21 10:05:00
Qty: 1	Age: Juvenile	Sex: --	Method: Artificial cover flipping	Habitat: Desert Sandy
Body Temperature: -----		Air Temperature: 53.00F	Ground Temperature: -----	Humidity: -----
Sky Conditions: Clear		Moon Phase: -----	Elevation: -----	Barometric Pressure: -----

Notes

Habitat planned for development and doomed.

While taking pictures of this very cold snake, it lunged at my hands, without rattling and not from a defensive position. It layed motionless than suddenly striking without being provoked. Lunged appox a foot from it's place landing upside down. It was so cold it had a hard time recovering to right side up. It was close as I was only about a foot and half away taking the picture. (6 inches or so from being hit)..... Extremely surprising and close, as the winder seemed uninspired by my presence.

Inat 102659760

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Comments

Posted by Marc Linsalata on Nov 09, 2013 at 04:21 PM

Great pic