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| On the way back from the recent Anahein NARBC herp show to my 'vacation base' in Phoenix, AZ, I had the chance to go road-running two different nights. First, about 100 miles west of Phoenix, there were only rattlesnakes and tarantulas on the roads after 2:00am, which is what time I got to the road I wanted to cruise after driving back from LA. The first find was a western diamondback (Crotalus atrox) that, although somewhat perturbed at me in this shot, should have been grateful that I moved it off a semi-busy highway before it became road pizza. 
The next three snakes were all Mojave rattlers (Crotalus scutulatus scutulatus), of which I only took a quick road shot of one. 
On my last night, I went about 50 miles north of Phoenix with my bro-in-law and a friend. A monsoonal rain doused us for 10 minutes, but brought the amphibians out in force. Here are the three species of herps I found that night.... Canyon treefrog (Hyla arenicolor) 
Lowland leopard frog (Rana yavapaiensis) 
Western black-necked garter snake (Thamnophis cyrtopsis cyrtopsis) 
It was great to get out, but also a bummer to have so little time in Arizona. Maybe next year will allow more free time???
********************* Bill Love / BLUE CHAMELEON VENTURES
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Well, as usual amazing pics! I see that you got that annoying piece of sand off the treefrogs mouth. Do you use any filters for your camera lenses?
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Got to love C. atrox's zebra tail. Next to C. Horridus's Chevrons, Atox is my second favorate of the rattlers. Great pics again Bill!
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Those are some good pictures again.
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As usual you have some great herp pictures to show us!!!
1.0 bearded dragon (Drake)
1.0.1 leopard gecko (Athena and Apollo)
0.0.1 occelated skink (Zahara)
0.0.2 wood frogs (Cloak and Dagger)
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I see that you got that annoying piece of sand off the treefrogs mouth. Do you use any filters for your camera lenses? Yes, a little Photoshop nailed that annoying chunk of sand / rock I occasionally use a polarizing filter to reduce glare, though I don't think I had it on for those shots.
*********************Bill Love / BLUE CHAMELEON VENTURES
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| Awesome pics. Love the diamondback, that one's fantastic.
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