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Tonia Graves
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Some Arizona herps

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Hi everyone, I know I'm not on here much but I thought I'd share some recent finds from the last few weeks. First I'll start off with some reptiles found in northern AZ while on a camping trip. (Feel free to correct or add to my ID's)...

We found quite a few gartersnakes and a lizard of unknown species
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R000221 - Terrestrial Gartersnake by Tonia Graves, on Flickr
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R000213_1200 by Tonia Graves, on Flickr
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R000219_1200 by Tonia Graves, on Flickr
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R000220 - Terrestrial Gartersnake by Tonia Graves, on Flickr

I'm not sure what kind of lizard this is...
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R000222 - ? by Tonia Graves, on Flickr

Next, I found this super mellow Gophersnake while road cruising. Never did it strike, display, or deficate during a short period of handling.
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R000224 - Gophersnake by Tonia Graves, on Flickr
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R000226 -Gophersnake by Tonia Graves, on Flickr
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R000227 - Gophersnake by Tonia Graves, on Flickr
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Nice lookin garter :thumb:
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Nice pictures! Since you were in northern Arizona, that would make your lizard a plateau fence lizard, (Sceloporus tristichus). Actually there is a chance it could be a sagebrush lizard, (Sceloporus graciosus), but the general gestalt seems more like a fence lizard to me. Do you have more photos of it or others found with it?
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bgorum wrote:Nice pictures! Since you were in northern Arizona, that would make your lizard a plateau fence lizard, (Sceloporus tristichus). Actually there is a chance it could be a sagebrush lizard, (Sceloporus graciosus), but the general gestalt seems more like a fence lizard to me. Do you have more photos of it or others found with it?
Thanks for the ID possibilities! Unfortunately I only go this one before it darted off.
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Very nice gophersnake.
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Bill's gut instinct is correct, it's (S. tristichus). Nice series Tonia!
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