Arizona Herps!

We took a mission trip to Arizona and while we were there I also was always on the prowl for local herp species. Here are a few of the ones we found...

Pictured above are two different Horned Lizards, a six-lined skink, a collard lizard and a gopher snake. It was great to see species that I don't normally get to see or hold!

Another Brown

Today I went to an area I had been before that had a strong population of T. Radix but I only found this one Storeria Dekayi. The park service has made this section I field herp in more pleasing to the human eye so they cleaned it up...thus destroying T. Radix habitat. That bums me out honestly. And I am not a tree hugger, but to make something asthetically pleasing to humans that is a very minimally used back section of a park is not good stewardship of the land. And it is sad how little thought for herp species is given by most Park Services. I also came across a really brightly colored catepillar of some sort. Don't know what it was though. Here are a few pics...

Storeria Dekayi

Went for a walk with my wife on a very hot and humid evening and took along the camera as I always do. I came across this Brown Snake and took a couple shots. Here are the pics...