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title: "Cascavel-chifruda"
description: "Crotalus cerastes — Répteis. Crotalus cerastes, also known commonly as the horned rattlesnake, the sidewinder, and the sidewinder rattlesnake, is a species of pit viper, a venomous snake in the subfamily Crotalinae of the family Viperidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/sidewinder
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Cascavel-chifruda

> Crotalus cerastes — Répteis. Crotalus cerastes, also known commonly as the horned rattlesnake, the sidewinder, and the sidewinder rattlesnake, is a species of pit viper, a venomous snake in the subfamily Crotalinae of the family Viperidae.

- Scientific name: *Crotalus cerastes*
- Category: `reptiles` (Répteis)
- Habitats: `desert` (Deserto)
- iNaturalist observations: 5159
- Wikidata: [Q1366532](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1366532)
- iNaturalist taxon: [30751](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/30751)

## Names

- en: Sidewinder
- de: Gehörnte Klapperschlange
- es: Cascabel cornuda del noroeste
- fr: Crotale cornu
- nl: Hoornratelslang
- pt: Cascavel-chifruda
- pl: Grzechotnik rogaty

## Countries with the most observations

US (4408), MX (334)

## Summary

Crotalus cerastes, also known commonly as the horned rattlesnake, the sidewinder, and the sidewinder rattlesnake, is a species of pit viper, a venomous snake in the subfamily Crotalinae of the family Viperidae. The species is native to desert regions of the Southwestern United States and adjacent northwestern Mexico. Three subspecies are recognized as being valid.

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

## Photo

![Cascavel-chifruda](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/sidewinder/medium.jpg)

Photo: Kyle Nessen · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/208843113

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/sidewinder?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).