Here’s an old one from my little point and shoot I started out with of an injured rosy boa, Lichanura trivirgata, from an area North of Phoenix. The poort hing had been clipped by a car, but seemed to be ok outright. We took it home to take it to a vet, but it unfortunately died before we had a chance.
Every year in Arizona, every herper waits and complains until this sight appears over the horizon. Rain! = Snakes!
This milipede was out cruising around a wash North of Phoenix on a cold, wet morning. Can any arthropologists out there help me out with the species?
Here’s a gopher tortoise, Gopherus agassizii, out one night in the McDowell mountains. He had a ladyfriend nearby, and wasn’t too happy with my party’s meddling.
I met this guy while walking around a desert wash one night looking for snakes. I was about 2 inches from having a spider friend on my nose when I saw it. Whew! Big and weird looking … the first of these I’ve seen.
Entomologists? Any help with the ID?
Here’s a pretty rust-colored wandering gartersnake from the Payson, Arizona area a few years ago.
We found a bunch of these little guys crawling around the bushes on the South side of the Huachua mountains in Arizona one night. Cute little guys, and surprisingly large for snakes that must only be a few days or even hours old. This one was confused by the light and kept crawling up into the flowers and low branches to escape.
This are a pair of the Woodhouse toads that live in a pond right off the main street through Sedona, Arizona.
While carrying one of our boats over land to avoid rapids while fishing the Teton river with my dad, we were lucky enough to find this Great Basin Rattlesnake, Crotalus oreganus lutosus, out for a morning stroll. I was able to get a few photos before being swarmed with ants.
I found this diamondback in an area very close to my home, and visit him on a regular basis. There are also a few others that share this hole, and they all stay pretty close to home. This was just before sun up in early July, hence the blue-ish light. Obviously I didn’t disturb him, which is key to repeat visitation.
There’s an area very close to Phoenix where I have been herping for many years, and we found something I never ever expected to see there, an Arizona Black Rattlesnake, Crotalus cerberus.
This species is usually in the 4,000′ and above range, with lower records being about 3,000 or so. This one was at just over 2,300′, making it by far the lowest elevation I’ve ever seen one at, and definitely a rare treat for an area I would never expect to see one. It’s a cool looking snake as well.
Arizona Black Rattlesnake
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