Nice pics as usual, Mike. I especially like the canyon treefrog. Sorry you won't make the fall trip.

Yeah that sucks Mike, was looking forward to herping with you! We will have to hook up and do some herping for sure! Looks like you won't be missing out, though! Great finds! That Sonoran Gopher was pretty!  Love the Canyon tree frog.   Keep us posted.  Find some nice Crotalus!

C. tigris, C. mollosus, and C. cerberus are on the agenda for tonight hopefully... haha

Thanks a lot Kory. It'll be a fun week regardless.

They're lifers for me as well, and my friends aren't getting here til kinda late, so we're just gonna hit a close road for a bit tonight, but it's capable of turning out those three, plus C. atrox and C. scutulatus.

Crotes are my main targets the whole time I'm here though.

We went out last night for the first real cruise (after my friends finally got into town around 10PM) and missed the live snakes. We ended up with 3 DOR Sonoran gophers, a DOR Sonoran whipsnake, and a DOR Blacktail, which was barely still writhing. Big heartbreak.

This morning we woke up a little bit and headed east for a specific target. On the way there, we stopped this big, old girl from becoming fragments...

Terrapene ornata - Ornate box turtle

Our main intentions were to search some ponds for a specific target... the ponds were full of these:

Anaxyrus cognatus - Great plains toads

and these little lifers (only saw 3 out of the hundreds of toads hangin' out)

Anaxyrus debilis - Green toads

The toads were a good indication that what we were looking for could be found. While checking some sand spots around the pond, my buddy Michael and I both spotted this little guy working his way from the sand to the shore...

Heterodon kennerlyi - Mexican hognose

And that's it for now. We'll see what's out on the roads tonight though.

Oh, we flipped a nice, sort of pink Atrox under a piece of tin as well, but I didn't upload those pics yet.

Sweet!!! I like that Hog as well.  Sorry about the C. molossus that's such a downer      
I can't wait to see the C. atrox, really love Crotalus species. You can' t beat some of those locales out there.   The green toad was really pretty!

We ended up cruising 3 atrox and 3 Sonoran sidewinders (C. cerastes cercobombus) last night, including button juvies of each. While shooting an adult winder, I walked this little fella behind the car.

C. atrox - Western diamondback.

Today we hit some a couple mountain ranges to try and hit some other targets (which we failed at) but still had a pretty productive day. Among our finds were:

Diadophis punctatus regalis - Regal ringneck (About 22 inches long)

Masticophis (=Coluber) bilineatus - Sonoran whipsnake (Juvie)

Thamnophis cyrtopsis cyrtopsis - Western blacknecked garter

and this little guy. Phrynosoma hernandesi - Greater short horned lizard

About the time we got to another spot we had planned on hiking for a while before cruising, a big storm formed and temperatures plummeted. We struck out on another two targets there, as well as anything else, and after a few fruitless passes after it got dark, we decided to head north to find warmer temps.

Arriving at the next area, we cruised for a couple hours in a little more favorable temps and were rewarded with two atrox (both huge adults over 4 ft):

and this little guy:

Tantilla hobartsmithi - Smith's blackheaded snake

That's about it up to now, save for a few odds and ends. I'll still be here for 3 full days though, so we'll see what else shows up.

That first C. atrox is gorgeous.  Please tell me it's my souvenir! haha!

Thanks Sean.
Sorry Court, we're not collecting anything. Haha
Just gotta make the trip, eric!

Man I need to make the pilgrimage to Arizona.

The Vine snake is very cool!!!!!

That Mexican hognose is about the cutest freakin' thing I've ever seen. The mojave rattler is GORGEOUS. And the vine snake is soooo cool looking! To think I lived out there for 3 years and never got into herpin' until now.