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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
 
Button Cactus, Sierra La Gavia, Coahuila
 
Central Mexico off of Hwy 54, Zacatecas
 
Echinocereus sp., Central Mexico off of Hwy 54, Zacatecas
 
Opuntia sp., Central Mexico off of Hwy 54, Zacatecas
 
Mesquite Lizard (Sceloporus grammicus) Central Mexico off of Hwy 54, Zacatecas
 
Tropic of Cancer, Zacatecas
 
Icicle Cholla (Opuntia tunicata), Central Mexico off of Hwy 54, Zacatecas
 
Opuntia sp. Central Mexico off of Hwy 54, Zacatecas
 
Whip snake (Masticophis taeniatus), Central Mexico off of Hwy 54, Zacatecas
 
Rio Juchipila at Hwy 54 crossing, Zacatecas
 
Rio Juchipila at Hwy 54 crossing, Zacatecas
 
Anole (Norops sp.) Rio Juchipila at Hwy 54 crossing, Zacatecas
 
Union de Tula overlook, Jalisco
 
Union de Tula,  Jalisco
 
Cereus sp. Union de Tula overlook, Jalisco
 
Volcan de Colima from Atenquique, Jalisco
 
Hemidactylus fernatus Colima, Colima
 
Volcan de Colima, Jalisco
 
Volcan de Colima, Jalisco
 
Volcan de Colima, Jalisco
 
Sceloporus bulleri, Volcan de Colima, Jalisco
 
Sceloporus bulleri, Volcan de Colima, Jalisco
 
Crotalus pusillus, Volcan de Colima, Jalisco
 
Crotalus pusillus, Volcan de Colima, Jalisco
 
 Volcan de Colima, Jalisco
 
 Volcan de Colima, Jalisco
 
Salvia sp. Volcan de Colima, Jalisco
 
Epiphytic cactus, Volcan de Colima, Jalisco
 
Volcan de Colima, Jalisco
 
Lyre Snake (Trimorphodon bisculatus ), near Atenquique, Jalisco
 
Lyre Snake (Trimorphodon bisculatus ), near Atenquique, Jalisco
 
West of Xichu, Guanajuata
 
West of Xichu, Guanajuata
 
West of Xichu, Guanajuata
 
Bufo occidentalis, West of Xichu, Guanajuata
 
Rana sp., West of Xichu, Guanajuata
 
Ambystoma velasci, West of Xichu, Guanajuata
 
Sceloporus minor, West of Xichu, Guanajuata
 
Near La Ascension, Nuevo Leon
 
Near La Ascension, Nuevo Leon
 
Sceloporus spinosus, Near La Ascension, Nuevo Leon
 
Ferocactus sp. & Agave sp., Near La Ascension, Nuevo Leon
 
East of San Jose de Raices, Nuevo Leon
 
Cnemidophorus gularis (Mexican subspecies), East of San Jose de Raices, Nuevo Leon
 
Mesquite Lizard (Sceloporus grammicus) East of San Jose de Raices, Nuevo Leon
 
Mesquite Lizard (Sceloporus grammicus) East of San Jose de Raices, Nuevo Leon
 
West of Linares, Nuevo Leon
 
North of Galeana, Nuevo Leon
 
Barisia inornata, North of Galeana, Nuevo Leon
 
Barisia inornata, North of Galeana, Nuevo Leon
 
Barisia inornata, North of Galeana, Nuevo Leon
 
Mesquite Lizard (Sceloporus grammicus), North of Galeana, Nuevo Leon
 
Sceloporus oberon, North of Galeana, Nuevo Leon
 
Sceloporus oberon, North of Galeana, Nuevo Leon
 
Sceloporus samcolemani, North of Galeana, Nuevo Leon
 
Sceloporus samcolemani, North of Galeana, Nuevo Leon
 
Sceloporus torquata, North of Galeana, Nuevo Leon
 
East of San Antonio de los Alazanos, Nuevo Leon
 
East of San Antonio de los Alazanos, Nuevo Leon
 
East of San Antonio de los Alazanos, Nuevo Leon
     
We then headed north to Monterrey and then home to Texas.