Sidewinder Rattlesnake are animals that live in Extreme southwestern Utah, southern Nevada, California and south into Mexico. They belong to family Viperidae, the Viper and Pit viper family. Your habitat are desert of wind blown sand, especially around sand hummocks topped with creosote bushes or mesquite.They are preyed on by kingsnakes, coyotes, roadrunners and raptors.Their diet consists of small mammalsand lizards, which also supplies all their water needs.These are small, tan to gray rattlesnakes with dark blotches, typically narrow necks and triangular heads with pointed, horn-like scales above their eyes and small rattles. They move across the sand by “sidewinding”, looping their bodies forward diagonally toward their goal. An interesting fact about these animals is that Sidewinders use their tails to attract lizard prey, a behavior termed “caudal luring”.
Natalia,
ReplyDeleteGreat paragraph and nice picture.