I just got back from a family vacation in Honduras where I got a chance to sneak away and do some herping while the rest of the family slept. I didn't see all the species I was hoping to see since Hondurans are in the habit of cutting up any herp with the machettes they carry everywhere. I did however, find a bothrops asper crossing the trail at 6AM the day before I left. This was the only snake I discovered. I spent a lot of time looking for an eyelash viper, but never found one. I also had hoped to see a honduran milksnake, but didn't have time to really get into a detailed search since I was traveling with family. I did encounter numerous toads, anoles, and agamids, as well as some interesting non herps like bats and scorpions. Almost every native honduran I spoke with about snakes told me they had just killed one last week or the day before.
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Herping in Honduras
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Congrats on the Bothrops. Always a neat snake to find. Finding any snakes in the tropics can be a challenge. Occasionally you come across an area with a lot of one or two species but generally snakes are hard to find (Other than DORs) in much of the neotropics.
I did encounter numerous toads, anoles, and agamids, as well as some interesting non herps like bats and scorpions.
You might have seen some interesting big lizards, but I suspect you didn't see any agamids since they are an old world family. You probably saw lots of iguanids. 
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Chris Harrison
San Antonio, Texas
Brain fart, I meant teiidae, not agamids. Specifically Cnemidophorus lemniscatus. I saw them repeatedly around some boulders, but they were very flighty and I couldn't get a clear photo.
I did see iguanas as well, both common green and Ctenosaura similis. I also saw lots of brown basilisks.
I got a good photo of the bothrops asper. He was about 3.5 feet long and jumped away from me when I almost stepped on him. Thier camoflage when in leaf litter is amazing.
I think one of the reasons snakes are so hard to find in the tropics(besides the machette weilding locals)is the fact that natural cover is so abundant. The jungle floor is completely covered with rotting logs, boulders with fissures, etc. You don't know where to start. I flipped alot of tin and wood around areas of human habitation, and explored my wife's uncle's farm around the livestock enclosures, but came up empty there too.
