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Arizona, California 2018

PostPosted: Tue Mar 19, 2019 8:10 pm
by Martin Ertner
I spent almost all August 2018 in Arizona and Califonia with 3 my friends. I wanted to see some species which I didn’t any years before. My main target was Arizona Ridge-nosed Rattlesnake (Crotalus willardi willardi) and I really wanted to see Gila Monster (Heloderma suspectum). Our plan was about 3000 kilometers on the roads and try as many spots as we knew. Finally we did 11 000 kilometers but it was worth! We saw 91 snake individuals, 73 rattlesnake individuals in 11 species and also the Gila Monster. Just in exaggeration I would say that we saw the biggest, smallest, rarest and most venomous what is living in Arizona :)
Hopefully you will like photos!

And list of snake species:

Crotalus oreganus helleri
Crotalus atrox
Crotalus pyrrhus
Crotalus lepidus klauberi
Crotalus willardi
Crotalus molossus
Crotalus cerastes cercobombus
Crotalus cerastes cerastes
Crotalus scutulatus
Crotalus tigris
Sistrurus tergeminus edwardsi
Micruroides euryxanthus
Gyalopion canum
Lichanura trivirgata
Lampropeltis pyromelana
Lampropeltis zonata
Lampropeltis getula
Trimorphodon lambda
Pituophis catenifer sayi
Arizona elegans
Phyllorhynchus decurtatus
Hypsiglena torquata
Coluber bilineatus
Coluber constrictor


I'm sorry I didn't make a list of other animals, it is too long but I will show here some photos where you will see lizards or arachnids...

Re: Arizona, California 2018

PostPosted: Tue Mar 19, 2019 8:47 pm
by Guillaume Gomard
You killed it! :) Have you seen the S.t.edwardsii in Chiricahua?

Re: Arizona, California 2018

PostPosted: Wed Mar 20, 2019 10:00 am
by Martin Ertner
Yes it was great! I forget the target we had but it was "mission imposible" - white speckled rattlesnake C. pyrrhus from southwestern Arizona - I also found that one ;)
S. t. edwardsi wasn't in Chiricaua we found them more on the north.

Re: Arizona, California 2018

PostPosted: Wed Mar 20, 2019 6:59 pm
by Andre Schmid
Nice rattlers, I like :mrgreen:

Re: Arizona, California 2018

PostPosted: Thu Mar 21, 2019 7:17 pm
by Martin Ertner
Thank you Andre! Another photo of Mojave Rattlesnake.

Re: Arizona, California 2018

PostPosted: Fri Mar 22, 2019 7:14 pm
by Bobby Bok
Amazing result and great pictures!

Re: Arizona, California 2018

PostPosted: Mon Mar 25, 2019 8:24 am
by Martin Ertner
Thank you Bobby! One of the highlights of expedition was this white Speckled Rattlesnake (Crotalus pyrrhus)

Re: Arizona, California 2018

PostPosted: Wed Mar 27, 2019 2:04 pm
by Christoph Stenger
That pyrrhus is spectacular! Do you have more pictures of it?

Re: Arizona, California 2018

PostPosted: Thu Mar 28, 2019 6:59 am
by Martin Ertner
Yes they are gorgeous! Of course I have some more ;) I'm glad you like it!

Re: Arizona, California 2018

PostPosted: Fri Mar 29, 2019 11:11 am
by Christoph Stenger
Thank you - keep them coming!