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Went on a 4-day trip from still-rainy Seattle to sunny AZ last week and fit in two mornings of herping. One while camping several thousand feet up in the Sitgreaves Nat'l Forest near Payson, and another while staying closer in to the Phoenix metro area. Somewhat surprisingly, the latter actually yielded more reptiles.

My amphibian knowledge is a little lacking. Anyone care to help identify these two?

Looks similar to the Common Gray Treefrog (Hyla Versicolor), but from what I can tell, AZ is too far West to fall within it's range.

The second looks similar to a Southwestern Toad (Bufo Microscaphus), but my field guide only shows these as being native to the southern tip of the state.

Fence lizards were everywhere

Western Whiptail, or possibly a Sonoran Spotted?

Second habitat.

Chuckwallas were everywhere.

A young coachwhip.

The other snake of the trip was a 4'+ green racer that got away before I could snap off of a photo.

Maybe a canyon tree frog?
Nice finds
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Nice! Looks like you had a great time Andy

Have you been finding quite a bit in Washington? I'm going to Seattle to visit my grandparents next month & plan on stopping to herp a few spots along the way.

Dan

There are a couple cool spots in Central WA that I know about. They aren't quite as far away from everything as you're probably used to, but should afford some decent herping and hiking. Shoot me an email and I can give you a couple ideas. alheatherington@gmail.com

Nice Chucks! Really very colorful. I wish my western trip had yielded more than 2 lizards & a DOR Western Diamondback (??). Darn unseasonal cold front!

Matthew

Hyla arenicolor. Not sure on the toad. Excellent Chucks. Too bad we can't actually post the amount of fun we have in the field.