| Subspecies | Taxon author | Common name | Geographic range |
|---|---|---|---|
| C. c. cerastes | Hallowell, 1854 | Mojave Desert sidewinder | In the United States in the desert areas from northeastern Los Angeles County and San Bernardino County, California, northward to southern Mono County, California, east across Nevada to Washington County, Utah, and south through Mohave County, Arizona. Desert lowlands at elevations between 152 and 1,829 m. |
| C. c. cercobombus | Savage & Cliff, 1953 | Sonoran Desert sidewinder | In the United States from Yuma, Maricopa, Pima and Pinal counties in Arizona, southward into Sonora, Mexico. |
| C. c. laterorepens | Klauber, 1944 | Colorado Desert sidewinder | The desert areas in the United States from central and eastern Riverside County, California, to Pinal County, Arizona, south to northwestern Sonora in Mexico, and northwest to northeastern Baja California. From the Colorado River to the desert foothills at elevations between 152 and 610 m. |
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