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title: "Arizona Black Rattlesnake"
description: "Crotalus cerberus — Gady. Crotalus cerberus is a venomous pit viper species found in the southwestern United States."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/arizona-black-rattlesnake
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Arizona Black Rattlesnake

> Crotalus cerberus — Gady. Crotalus cerberus is a venomous pit viper species found in the southwestern United States.

- Scientific name: *Crotalus cerberus*
- Category: `reptiles` (Gady)
- Habitats: `desert` (Pustynia)
- iNaturalist observations: 874
- Wikidata: [Q3003829](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3003829)
- iNaturalist taxon: [30715](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/30715)

## Names

- en: Arizona Black Rattlesnake
- de: Schwarze Arizona-Klapperschlange
- es: Cascabel negra de Arizona

## Countries with the most observations

US (786)

## Summary

Crotalus cerberus is a venomous pit viper species found in the southwestern United States. It is known as the Arizona black rattlesnake, black rattlesnake, and several other common names.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crotalus_cerberus

## Photo

![Arizona Black Rattlesnake](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/arizona-black-rattlesnake/medium.jpg)

Photo: Alexandre Passos · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/113041319

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/arizona-black-rattlesnake?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).