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Previous Sightings (2005-March2009)
Desert Roadtrip 2009: Steve Krause (yours truly) and Brad Fisher spent 3 days in Mojave and
Colorado desert habitat and brought home a whole camera full of herps. We started at the Pisgah Crater
Lava Fields south of Route 66 near Bagdad Cafe; we then headed to Joshua Tree National Park and
camped at White Tank; the next morning we hiked the Lost Horse Mine Trail; in the afternoon we headed
towards Box Canyon Road near Mecca, CA , where we hiked the Sheep Springs Oasis Trail; our last day
was spent exploring Palm Canyon Trail in Anza Borrego Desert State Park in Borrego Springs, CA. Here
are some pics of one surprise after another! GPS coordinates are linked to most of the photos.
Colorado desert habitat and brought home a whole camera full of herps. We started at the Pisgah Crater
Lava Fields south of Route 66 near Bagdad Cafe; we then headed to Joshua Tree National Park and
camped at White Tank; the next morning we hiked the Lost Horse Mine Trail; in the afternoon we headed
towards Box Canyon Road near Mecca, CA , where we hiked the Sheep Springs Oasis Trail; our last day
was spent exploring Palm Canyon Trail in Anza Borrego Desert State Park in Borrego Springs, CA. Here
are some pics of one surprise after another! GPS coordinates are linked to most of the photos.
| PISGAH CRATER lava tube habitat |
| CHUCKWALLAS! |
Great Basin Whiptails! (Aspidoscelis t. tigris)
| Side-blotched Lizards! (Uta stansburiana) |
| SOUTHWESTERN SPECKLED RATTLESNAKE! (Crotalus mitchellii pyrrhus) |
Saturday, May 23
Sunday, May 24
| WHITE TANK habitat |
| Desert Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus magister) |
| more Whiptails! |
| more Side-blotched! |
Monday, May 25
| LOST HORSE MINE TRAIL habitat |
WESTERN
PATCH-NOSED
SNAKE!
(Salvadora hexalepis)
PATCH-NOSED
SNAKE!
(Salvadora hexalepis)
| more Whiptails! |
| more Side-blotched! |
| BOX CANYON roadside habitat |
| Zebra-tailed Lizard (Callasaurus draconoides) |
Desert Iguana
(Dipsosaurus dorsalis)
(Dipsosaurus dorsalis)
| Coachwhip Snake (Masticophis f. piceas) (roadkill) |
| SHEEP SPRINGS OASIS TRAIL habitat |
| SOUTHWESTERN SPECKLED RATTLESNAKE! (Crotalus mitchellii pyrrhus) |
| PALM CANYON OASIS TRAIL habitat |
| more Whiptails! |
| Granite Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus orcutti) |
| more Uta! |
| California Chorus Frog (Pseudachris cadaverina) |
| Red-spotted Toad (Anaxyrus punctatus) |
| A. punctatus metamorph kill site |
| Cause of mortality unknown. This sighting was referred to CA Fish and Game and AmphibianArk. |