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Crotalus cerastes laterorepens
Crotalus cerastes laterorepens is a venomous pitviper subspecies[3] found in an area that centers around the Colorado Desert in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. Additional recommended knowledge
DescriptionThis form has the following distinguishing characteristics: the proximal rattle-matrix lobe is black in adult specimens, the ventral scales number 137-151/135-154 in males/females, the subcaudals number 19-26/14-21 in males/females, and there are usually 23 rows of midbody dorsal scales.[4] Geographic rangeFound in the desert areas in the United States from central and eastern Riverside County, California, to Pinal County, Arizona, south to northwestern Sonora in Mexico, and northwest to northeastern Baja California. From the Colorado River to the desert foothills at elevations between 152 and 610 m.[2] The type locality given is "The Narrows, San Diego County, California" (USA).[1] Campbell and Lamar (2004) describe its range as the desert regions of southeastern California, southwestern Arizona, as well as the western panhandle region of the Sonoran Desert.[4] See also
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