It certainly could have been worse.  We had a great time, saw a lot of great herps and wonderful places.  Steve and I got on the airplane with ten new species, and for Tracey on his first visit to Arizona Land, everything was new.  The rainiest monsoon season in ninety years may have had some bearing on the low number of herps we saw road-cruising.  You pays your money and takes your chances, as they say. Reports from other field herpers of Green Rat Snakes, Vine Snakes, Gila Monsters and Tiger Rattlers only fuel the fire for a return trip!

Species Observed:

Great Plains Toad (Bufo cognatus)
Spotted Toad (Bufo punctatus)
Sonoran Desert Toad (Bufo alvarius)
Couchs' Spadefoot Toad (Scaphiopus couchii)
Mexican Spadefoot Toad (Spea multiplicata)
Canyon Treefrog (Hyla arenicolor)
Ramsey Canyon Leopard Frog (Rana subaquavocalis)
Desert Grassland Whiptail (Aspidocelis uniparens)
Tiger Whiptail (Aspidocelis tigris)
Sonoran Spotted Whiptail (Aspidocelis sonorae)
Striped Plateau Lizard (Sceloporus virgatipes)
Mountain Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus jarrovii)
Clark's Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus clarkii)
Desert Side-Blotched Lizard (Uta stansburiana)
Ornate Tree Lizard (Urosaurus ornatus)
Sonoran Spiny-Tailed Iguana (Ctenosaura macrolopha)
Mountain Skink (Eumeces callicephalus)
Chihuahuan Earless Lizard (Cophosaurus texanus scitulus)
Elegant Earless Lizard (Holbrookia elegans)
Desert Tortoise (Gopherus agassizii)
Mojave Rattlesnake (Crotalus scutulatus)
Western Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox)
Banded Rock Rattlesnake (Crotalus lepidus klauberi)
Arizona Ridgenosed Rattlesnake (Crotalus willardi willardi)
Sonoran Desert Sidewinder (Crotalus cerastes cercobombus)
Western Longnosed Snake (Rhinocheilus lecontei lecontei)
Sonoran Gopher Snake (Pituophis catenifer affinis)