Noun: Crotalus cerastes
- Small pale-coloured desert rattlesnake of southwestern United States; body moves in an s-shaped curve
"The Crotalus cerastes left its distinctive tracks in the desert sand";
- sidewinder, horned rattlesnake
Type of: rattler [N. Amer, informal], rattlesnake
Part of: Crotalus, genus Crotalus
Encyclopedia: Crotalus cerastes