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Field notes and photography by Bryan D. Hughes
Sep
24th
2010

Basking Springtime Sidewinder

In April, my wife Kelly and I had a great night West of Phoenix, and found over 20 live snakes in just over 3 hours. This is the first of the evening, a Sonoran Sidewinder, Crotalus cerastes cercobombus, soaking in the sun before the evening activities begin. We had pulled off the road to catch and photograph a horned lizard, and I spotted this snake about 15 feet away from where we were taking pictures. That’s a good sign.

Crotalus cerastes cercobombus
Crotalus cerastes cercobombus

Crotalus cerastes cercobombus

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