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sidewinder

Venomous rattlesnake indigenous to the deserts of North America. A dangerous and poisonous snake, named for it's sideways method of locomotion which allows it to move quickly across loose sand.[1]

Stage West: At the Packsaddle Station[2] in July of 1875,[3] when he believed he'd been double-crossed by Bret Maverick, Simmons said with disappointment and disgust, "You sure can't tell a grass snake from a sidewinder 'til you get bit."[2]

A Crotalus cerastes, or sidewinder.[3]