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Mexico Spring 2006 |
At the first of April in 2006, I rode with Toby Hibbitts and David Lorrenzo to Colima, Mexico for the annual Southwestern Association of Naturalist's spring meeting at the University of Colima. On the way down and on the way back we took GPS readings for previously collected specimens of reptiles and amphibians housed at the Texas Wildlife Cooperative Collection (Texas A&M). The following photographs are a few of the first 800 or so that I took with my new Canon 30D DSLR camera. It was a learning process, since I had not used the camera before. |
Sierra La Gavia, Coahuila |
Sierra La Gavia, Coahuila |
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Button Cactus, Sierra La Gavia, Coahuila |
Central Mexico off of Hwy 54, Zacatecas |
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Echinocereus sp., Central Mexico off of Hwy
54, Zacatecas |
Opuntia sp., Central Mexico off of Hwy 54,
Zacatecas |
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Mesquite Lizard (Sceloporus grammicus)
Central Mexico off of Hwy 54, Zacatecas |
Tropic of Cancer, Zacatecas |
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Icicle Cholla (Opuntia tunicata), Central
Mexico off of Hwy 54, Zacatecas |
Opuntia sp. Central Mexico off of Hwy 54,
Zacatecas |
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Whip snake (Masticophis taeniatus), Central Mexico off of Hwy 54, Zacatecas |
Rio Juchipila at Hwy 54 crossing, Zacatecas |
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Rio Juchipila at Hwy 54 crossing, Zacatecas |
Anole (Norops sp.) Rio Juchipila at Hwy 54
crossing, Zacatecas |
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Union de Tula overlook, Jalisco |
Union de Tula, Jalisco |
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Cereus sp. Union de Tula overlook, Jalisco |
Volcan de Colima from Atenquique, Jalisco |
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Hemidactylus fernatus Colima, Colima |
Volcan de Colima, Jalisco |
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Volcan de Colima, Jalisco |
Volcan de Colima, Jalisco |
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Sceloporus bulleri, Volcan de Colima,
Jalisco |
Sceloporus bulleri, Volcan de Colima,
Jalisco |
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Crotalus pusillus, Volcan de Colima, Jalisco |
Crotalus pusillus, Volcan de Colima, Jalisco |
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Volcan de Colima, Jalisco |
Volcan de Colima, Jalisco |
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Salvia sp. Volcan de Colima, Jalisco |
Epiphytic cactus, Volcan de Colima, Jalisco |
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Volcan de Colima, Jalisco |
Lyre Snake (Trimorphodon bisculatus ), near
Atenquique, Jalisco |
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Lyre Snake (Trimorphodon bisculatus ), near
Atenquique, Jalisco |
West of Xichu, Guanajuata |
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West of Xichu, Guanajuata |
West of Xichu, Guanajuata |
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Bufo occidentalis, West of Xichu,
Guanajuata |
Rana sp., West of Xichu, Guanajuata |
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Ambystoma velasci, West of Xichu, Guanajuata |
Sceloporus minor, West of Xichu, Guanajuata |
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Near La Ascension, Nuevo Leon |
Near La Ascension, Nuevo Leon |
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Sceloporus spinosus, Near La
Ascension, Nuevo Leon |
Ferocactus sp. & Agave sp., Near La
Ascension, Nuevo Leon |
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East of San Jose de Raices, Nuevo Leon |
Cnemidophorus gularis (Mexican subspecies),
East of San Jose de Raices, Nuevo Leon |
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Mesquite Lizard (Sceloporus grammicus) East
of San Jose de Raices, Nuevo Leon |
Mesquite Lizard (Sceloporus grammicus) East
of San Jose de Raices, Nuevo Leon |
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West of Linares, Nuevo Leon |
North of Galeana, Nuevo Leon |
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Barisia inornata, North of Galeana, Nuevo
Leon |
Barisia inornata, North of Galeana, Nuevo
Leon |
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Barisia inornata, North of Galeana, Nuevo
Leon |
Mesquite Lizard (Sceloporus grammicus),
North of Galeana, Nuevo Leon |
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Sceloporus oberon, North of Galeana, Nuevo
Leon |
Sceloporus oberon, North of Galeana, Nuevo
Leon |
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Sceloporus samcolemani, North of Galeana,
Nuevo Leon |
Sceloporus samcolemani, North of Galeana,
Nuevo Leon |
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Sceloporus torquata, North of Galeana, Nuevo
Leon |
East of San Antonio de los Alazanos, Nuevo Leon |
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East of San Antonio de los Alazanos, Nuevo Leon |
East of San Antonio de los Alazanos, Nuevo Leon |
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We then headed north to Monterrey and then home to
Texas. |