Herps
Phrynosoma ditmarsi, rock horned lizard
Phrynosoma ditmarsi, rock horned lizard in the Sierra Murrieta, eastern Sonora. Lizard found in oak woodland on a steep, fairly dense, and mesic slope.
Factors influencing the distribution of the neotropical vine snake (Oxybelis aeneus) in Arizona and Sonora, Mexico
In southern Arizona and northern Sonora, the neotropical vine snake (Oxybelis aeneus) lives in temperate oak woodland, canyon riparian woodland, desert-grassland, and pine-oak woodland communities at 1160 to 1650 m elevation. Perennial plants in an oak woodland habitat in the Atascosa Mountains in the center of the Arizona distribution of the species, have strong biogeographical affinities with the grasslands and woodlands of the southwestern United States and the northern Sierra Madre Occidental in Mexico.
Trimorphodon lambda choked to death trying to eat Clark's spiny lizard
This Sonoran lyresnake's eyes were bigger than its stomach!
Comparison of Preliminary Herpetofaunas of the Sierras la Madera (Oposura) and Bacadéhuachi with the Mainland Sierra Madre Occidental in Sonora, Mexico
Amphibians and reptiles were observed in the Sierra La Madera (59 species), an isolated Sky Island mountain range, and the Sierra Bacadéhuachi (30 species), the westernmost mountain range in the Sierra Madre Occidental (SMO) range in east-central Sonora. These preliminary herpetofaunas were compared with the herpetofauna of the Yécora area in eastern Sonora in the main SMO, where 92 species are known from the Río Yaqui to the Chihuahua border.
Coluber mentovarius, Neotropical Whipsnake
This location is the northernmost record for this species so far.
