An orange Southwestern Speckled Rattlesnake making good on its name. While its bands are still visible, the chaotic distribution of colors can make this animal very difficult to see in context. This one lives near quite a few people with hundreds hiking right past it every weekend, but bites nobody. Southwestern Speckled Rattlesnake (Crotalus pyrrhus)https://rattlesnakesolutions.com/SpeckledRattlesnake

One of the large treefrogs that can be found in the eastern Amazon. Its mottled pattern is variable, often forming random blotches and shapes that can resemble land masses on an old map. Loreto, Peru.

New Mexico Ridge-nosed Rattlesnake, Crotalus willardi obscurus

A young Blacktailed Rattlesnake from the southeastern mountains of Arizona. When they are this age, they’ll often have subtle grey and black banding in the tail. This usually darkens to a solid black with age, but not always. Of the species of rattlesnakes in the state, coming across babies of this species out and about […]

The least likely thing we could have seen in Guatemala – The Torre de Guatel Arboreal Alligator Lizard. Spotted by the laser eyes of Jake Scott, moments after a discussion about how impossible this search was going to be.

A Western Diamondback Rattlesnake in ambush in a sandy wash on a very hot night. This sand is much cooler than the surrounding rock, with smaller particles that lose energy more quickly. While it’s easy to think of reptiles as ectotherms always looking for sources of heat, they’re just as often looking for ways to […]

One of the eyelash vipers we found on a family vacation to Costa Rica a year ago. It spent days in almost the same spot, only making a short move in the daytime to move under the nearest clump of moss.

Bassler’s Sheep Frog – one of the many tiny moving bits seen moving around the wet forest floor in Peru.

An Arizona Ridgenosed Rattlesnake from the southeastern corner of the state. This is also our state reptile. Quiz time: This subspecies of ridgenosed rattlesnake is only found in Arizona and Mexico. There are two other rattlesnakes that are also only found in Arizona and Mexico. What are they?