Yarrow's Spiny Lizard, Iguanidae, Sceloporus jarrovi jarrovi, 5 - 8.75 in. / 12.7 - 22.2 cm. Found among rocky outcrops in woodlands, at 5,000-10,000 ft. (1,500-3,000 m.) elevations. Handheld.
Old Baldy Trail, Madera Canyon, Santa Rita Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, United States.
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Black-tailed Rattlesnake (Northern), Crotalus molossus molossus, 28 - 49.5 in. / 71 - 125.7 cm. COMMON. Usually in rocky, mountainous habitat with limestone and rimrock outcrops, wooded stony canyons. chaparral and rock stream beds.
Miller Canyon, Huachuca Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, United States.
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Western Spiny Softshell Turtle, Trionyx spiniferus spinifera, 5 - 9.25 in, 12.7 - 23.5 cm. Prefers sandy or muddy-bottomed lakes, ponds and canals; large springs with overhanging foliage.
Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro County, New Mexico, United States.
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Unknown lizard species - ID? Agile Lizard?
Photographed in October 2005.
Morocco, Africa.
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Arizona Alligator Lizard, Gerrhonotus kingi nobilis, 7.5 - 12.5 in. / 19 - 31.7 cm. High dry grasslands, open woods of fir, pine or chapparal from 5,000 - 7,000 ft / 1,500 - 2,100 m.
Night Snake, Hypsiglena torquata ochrorhyncha, 12 - 26 in. / 30.5 - 66 cm. RARE in semi-arid and arid sandy plains or rocky habitats from plains and desert flats, to heavy brush chaparral and blue oak - Digger pine woodland. Handheld Canon EOS 500mm f/5.6 USM IS I. Photographed in 2007.
Ramsey Canyon Preserve, Cochise County, Arizona, United States.
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