Central Baja California Banded Rock Lizard from … central Baja California, in the rocks.

Central Baja California Banded Rock Lizard from … central Baja California, in the rocks.

Cerralvo Island Rattlesnake, endemic to Isla Cerralvo in the Sea of Cortez in Mexico. This is one of a couple of rattlesnakes found on this island. This one was found near the beach where we camped.

A relatively colorful Tiger Rattlesnake found in Santa Cruz County, Arizona awhile back. These rattlesnakes are common in the thornscrub hills along the Arizona/Mexico border.

Mexican Parrot Snake in the subtropical forest of southern Mexico.

Some of the many, many Zebra-tailed Lizards from a famous beach at the southern tip of Baja California.



A Baja Ratsnake we found late at night in Baja California Sur, showing some iridescence in the camera flash.


One of the many Zebra-tailed lizards running around a popular beach in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Unlike about every other situation where we were wading through beach dune sands looking for lizards and snakes, this spot had a guy with a cooler selling ice-cold cervesas. This needs to be normalized in herpetology.

A large Mexican Pygmy Rattlesnake from southern Mexico several years ago.

A Rosy Boa from coastal Baja California Norte. These snakes are common in the steep boulder hillsides with blue-green sea in the distance.

I spotted this Central American Boa crawling along the upper edge of an eroded dirt wall in southern Mexico a few years back. It was a young boa, maybe 4 feet long. It seemed pretty busy searching along the vegetation transition, and allowed some easy photos.
