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Sceloporus sp. “Mazatlan”

Adult, Sea Level, Sinaloa, Mexico

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SPINY LIZARD
Sceloporus sp. – “horridus albiventris”?

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Kinosternon sp. “Chihuahua”

Adult, 6,500′, Chihuahua, Mexico (2002)

Carapace of Adult, 6,500′, Chihuahua, Mexico (2002)

Plastron of Adult, 6,500′, Chihuahua, Mexico (2002)

MUD TURTLE
Kinosternon sp. –

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Pine-Forest Habitat, 6,500′, Chihuahua, Mexico

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Hypsiglena torquata ssp.

Adult, Colima, Mexico

TROPICAL NIGHT SNAKE
Hypsiglena torquata – Gunther 1860
Hypsiglena torquata ssp. –

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Habitat, 250′, Sinaloa, Mexico

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Sceloporus sp. “Maiz”

Adult Male, 5,000′, San Luis Potosi, Mexico

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Sceloporus sp. –

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Sceloporus sp. “La Joya”

Juvenile, 7,300′, Veracruz, Mexico

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Sceloporus sp. –

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Aspidoscelis tigris aethiops

Adult Male, 800′, Sonora, Mexico

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Aspidoscelis tigris – Baird & Girard 1852
Aspidoscelis tigris aethiops – Cope 1900

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Habitat, 100′, Sonora, Mexico

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Maslin, T. P. and D. M. Secoy. 1986. A Checklist of the Lizard Genus Cnemidophorus (Teiidae). Contributions in Zoology, University of Colorado Museum, 1:1-60.

Conopsis megalodon

SAN FELIPE GROUND SNAKE
Conopsis megalodon – Taylor & Smith 1942

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Conopsis megalodon is found only in the highlands of the Sierra Madre del Sur of Guerrero and Oaxaca, as well as the mountains surrounding Ciudad Oaxaca and Cerro San Felipe, Oaxaca, Mexico. It’s elevational distribution is between 1730 and 3200 m.

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This species is found in and [...]

Thamnophis pulchrilatus

Adult, 7,500′, Tamaulipas, Mexico

MEXICO HIGHLAND GARTER SNAKE
Thamnophis pulchrilatus – Cope 1885

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This species was long confused with Thamnophis cyrtopsis, a species with which it shares a striking resemblance (and is clearly closely allied to).

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My experiences with this species are limited. In August, 2004 I found two large adult snakes (one pictured above) 1/4 [...]

Leptotyphlops goudotii ssp.

Adult, High-Elevation Sierra Madre del Sur, Oaxaca, Mexico

Close-Up of Tail

BLACK BLIND SNAKE
Leptotyphlops goudotii – Dumeril & Bibron 1844
Leptotyphlops goudotii ssp. – (phenops?)

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Imantodes gemmistratus ssp.

Adult, 200′, Near Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, Mexico

Adult, High Elevation of the Sierra Madre del Sur, Oaxaca, Mexico

BLUNT-HEADED TREE SNAKE
Imantodes gemmistratus – Cope 1861
Imantodes gemmistratus ssp. –

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Sceloporus sp. “Cerro San Felipe”

Adult Female, 7,000′, Cerro San Felipe, Oaxaca, Mexico

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Sceloporus formosus (?)

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Microhabitat, 7,000′, Cerro San Felipe, Oaxaca, Mexico

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Sceloporus sp. “Cerro Baul”

Adult Male, Cerro Baul, Oaxaca, Mexico

Adult Female, Cerro Baul, Oaxaca, Mexico

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Sceloporus sp. – (siniferus ssp?)

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Clear-Cut Habitat in Cloud Forest on Cerro Baul, Oaxaca, Mexico

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Sceloporus sp. “Queretaro”

Adult (?) Male, 3,000′, Queretaro, Mexico

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Sceloporus sp. –

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Cloud Forest Transition Habitat, 3,000′, Queretaro, Mexico

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Sphenomorphus sp.

Juvenile, 750′, Sierra de los Tuxtlas, Veracruz, Mexico

Forest Skink
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Rain Forest Habitat, 750′, Sierra de los Tuxtlas, Veracruz, Mexico

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Ctenosaura sp. “Oaxaca”

Juvenile, 100′, Highway 200, Oaxaca, Mexico

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Sceloporus sp. “Mazatlan”

Kinosternon sp. “Chihuahua”

Hypsiglena torquata ssp.

Sceloporus sp. “Maiz”

Sceloporus sp. “La Joya”

Aspidoscelis tigris aethiops

Conopsis megalodon

Thamnophis pulchrilatus

Leptotyphlops goudotii ssp.

Imantodes gemmistratus ssp.

Sceloporus sp. “Cerro San Felipe”

Sceloporus sp. “Cerro Baul”

Sceloporus sp. “Queretaro”

Sphenomorphus sp.

Ctenosaura sp. “Oaxaca”

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