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We have a new website, reptile-photos.com.

JDM — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 14:24:03 +0000

We have recently built, and are still building, a new photography and artwork website for reptile art, called reptile-photos.com. The idea is to share our reptile photography and artwork with the public. You are free to browse and enjoy the images, share them via the links with friends, and even purchase prints for yourself or for others. We hope you enjoy!

Reptile-photos.com

Central Arizona Herping Trip from August 2009

JDM — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:51:56 +0000

We got a chance to head out for one night in August searching for reptiles. We headed into the deserts to the North and East of Phoenix and had some decent luck. It was a great outing! We tried some of the prickly pear that was ripe on all of the cactus in the area as well. I can’t wait to do it again next year!
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The first snake of the night was was this pretty little California Kingsnake:

California Kingsnake

As we climbed slightly in elevation, it began to get a little cooler and we then found this very cooperative Blacktailed Rattlesnake:

Blacktail Rattlesnake

Here is a closer shot of this photogenic animal:

Blacktail Rattlesnake Close Up

Shortly after finding the Blacktailed Rattlesnake, we started heading for lower ground where it was a bit warmer again and then we found this young Longnose Snake. When Longnose snakes are juveniles, they do not yet have any of their orange or red coloration. This is developed later in life. They look very similar to California Kingsnakes. Here is the one that we found. If you look very carefully, you can see the red beginning to creep in at the edge of some of the scales:

Longnose Snake

We eventually decided to take a side road that turned out to be a very long dirt road. We drove for many miles, not seeing any further animal life. After what seemed like an hour, we finally saw this large Gila monster waddling across the dirt road. Here is a picture of the beast:

Gila Monster

Greater Short Horned Lizard

JDM — Sat, 13 May 2006 22:59:19 +0000

I went up near Payson, AZ today to do a service project with the Boy Scouts. I was sure that someone would turn up a snake… I was wrong. No snakes, but we did find this Short Horned Lizard. I love these guys! :

Inaugural Post

ADPace — Thu, 11 May 2006 04:00:11 +0000

For my inaugural post I decided to link to some photos from a nature photo blog named Middle-Fork.

Western Fence Lizard – here and here

Oregon Red-Spotted Garter Snake – here, here, and here

Gopher Snake – here

Western Pond Turtle – here

- ADPace