THE REPTILE BOOK 



PLATE CXXXV 



-kLsBT,-- ^HL 



HORNED RATTLESNAKE, Crotalus cerastes 



HEAD OF THE HORNED RATTLESNAKE 



From all other rattlesnakes the present species is at once distinct. It is sometimes called the "Sidewinder,'* owing to its habit of 

 progressing in a series of loops. A small desert species 



