Colorado Desert sidewinder

English

A Colorado Desert sidewinder displaying (or rather, concealing) its desert camouflage.

Etymology

Colorado Desert +‎ sidewinder, so called due to its range.

Proper noun

Colorado Desert sidewinder (plural Colorado Desert sidewinders)

1. Crotalus cerastes laterorepens, a subspecies of the sidewinder rattlesnake (Crotalus cerastes) found in the Colorado Desert.