File:Mdsidewinder.jpg
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Summary
The Sidewinder measures between 18-30 inches long with a gray, brown or yellow body. Its common habitat is sandy, creosote brush areas. It’s prey consists of lizards and small rodents such as the kangaroo rat. One of the most truly interesting animals that have adapted to the desert environment, the Sidewinder is suited to living in sandy conditions. Unlike other snakes that crawl using bottom scales to push themselves along the Sidewinder throws its head in front of it’s body, uses it as an anchor, and pulls the rest of itself along. This is a very efficient way of travel across areas of the Mojave National Preserve that they inhabit such as Kelso Dunes.
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| current | 23:28, 19 November 2008 | | 225 × 223 (19 KB) | KRiStA (talk | contribs) | The Sidewinder measures between 18-30 inches long with a gray, brown or yellow body. Its common habitat is sandy, creosote brush areas. It’s prey consists of lizards and small rodents such as the kangaroo rat. One of the most truly interesting animals t |
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