Spent a recent week in Arizona with my herping buddy Will Wells in search of some reptiles to photo. We headed for higher elevations to escape the heat and see what we could find...
Short-horned lizard (Phrynosoma douglassii)
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Mountain herping in Arizona
Brockn
May 23, 2006 07:54 PM
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Brockn
May 23, 2006 07:55 PM
Eumeces gilberti
Brockn
May 23, 2006 07:57 PM
Elgaria kingii
Brockn
May 23, 2006 08:03 PM
Not the most attractive example of this species, but a welcome find nonetheless
Hope you enjoy...
Brock Nelson
Lampropeltis p. pyromelana
mchambers
May 24, 2006 06:19 AM
About where on locality on the pyro-pyro ? Was finding in the talc slides/rocks ? Just wondering. I've got some interesting stories of past of hunting mountain ranges in Ari. especially the Huachucas and the Patagonias.
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billstevenson
May 25, 2006 09:45 PM
In August of 04, I nearly "collected" one in the middle of the dirt road in Ramsey (or Carr) Canyon. (I get the names mixed up. It was the road that goes thru to a campground above the rock band). Anyway, I didn't DOR it and it went on its way. That snake was even less bright than the one pictured, with lots of melanin... nonetheless, it was very cool.
mchambers
May 26, 2006 07:48 AM
me out folks . anybody . Is there more or 1 more canyon in the Huachucas on the area that we are discussing here ? There seemed to be a really LONG hike to the farthest one but that may of been Ramsey. My remembrance : we had to drive a dirt switchback to get up to the top. There WAS a camp site up there. Of course it was what is known as " primitive " with open no fires ( your gel or propane stoves was allowed ), no elec. no running water, but it DID have a pit toilet enclosed and tent space. There were main trials made by hikers ? back packers ? Then there were animal trails made by wildlife like deer, etc. I thought there were species of wild sheep up there ( big horn or something ). We DID encounter many coatis in pack. Of course they are snake eaters from the word go ! I seem to remember a rim path that took us around one big canyon that I seemed to remember that started out on the east side, then south and then west. There was some way to get below this path because we found some young ladies suntanning in the buff. But we being non-residents didn't know how to get down to a lower level. Even if we did, what would our intentions of being on the sunbathers ? Get your heads out of the gutter ! We WERE herp observing ! LOL !
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