An especially beautiful Central American Eyelash Viper that I found in Costa Rica last year on a family vacation.

Close up with a Black Headed Calico Snake, a harmless mimic of the Hemphrich’s Coralsnake which also lives in the area. Found a couple of years ago in Peru.

These three-striped rocket Frogs are small ground-living animals that are relatively common near streams, wandering through the rainforest floor. They can quickly disappear into leaf litter when spotted. We saw this one in Peru a couple of years ago.

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 […]