PHOTO OF THE MONTH - INDEX

Each month the Southwestern Center for Herpetological Research selects the best photographic image submitted during the month to be featured as the Photo of the Month and the photographer receives a cash award. Images are evaluated based upon originality, composition, color, technical excellence, and overall impact on the viewer.

Each photographer who has an image selected as a Photo of the Month during the calendar year is automatically placed into the competition for our annual Award for Excellence in Herpetological Photography which is presented in February of each year for the prior year. The Award for Excellence in Herpetological Photography consist of a cash award and a plaque mounted certificate. For more information about participating in these programs, please see A Call for Papers and Photos.

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 June, 2008 - New Mexico Milksnake Lampropeltis triangulum celaenops  from Cochise Co., Az. by Bill Koenig

April, 2008 - Great Basin Collared Lizard Crotaphytus bicinctores  from Imperial Co., Ca. by Patrick H. Briggs

April, 2008 - Prairie Lizard Sceloporus consobrinus  from La Salle Co., Texas by Lou Hamby

March, 2008 - Red Coachwhip Coluber flagellum piceus  from San Diego Co., California by Doug Aguillard

February, 2008 - Texas Spotted Whiptail Lizard Cnemidophorus gularis gularis  from Medina Co., Tx. by Lou Hamby

January, 2008 - Green Treefrog Hyla cinerea   from Atascosa County, Texas by Tom Lott

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December, 2007 - A Breeding Pair of Sonoran Green Toads Anaxyrus retiformis   from the Tahono O'Odham Indian Reservation in Pima Co., Az. by Jason Penney

November, 2007 - Sonoran Mountain Kingsnake Lampropeltis pyromelana   from Yavapai Co., Az. by Kerby Ross

October, 2007 - Arizona Ridgenose Rattlesnake Crotalus willardi willardi   from Cochise Co., Az. by Diego Ortiz

September, 2007 - New Mexico Milk Snake Lampropeltis triangulum celaenops   from Brewster Co., Tx. by Dell Despain

August, 2007 - There was no image selected as Photo of the Month for August, 2007

July, 2007 - Two Male Banded Gila Monsters Heloderma suspectum cinctum   from Maricopa County, Arizona battling over the right to mate with a nearby female by Kris Haas

June, 2007 - Northern Plateau Lizard Sceloporus tristichus   from Garfield County in Western Colorado by Meta Garrick

May, 2007 - Diamondback Water Snake Nerodia rhombifer rhombifer   A very large and vividly patterned specimen from Austin, Travis County, Texas by Jean Taylor

April, 2007 - Mohave Rattlesnake Crotalus scutulatus scutulatus from Antelope Valley, Los Angeles Co., California by Rande M. Gallant

March, 2007 - Ground Snake Sonora semiannulata semiannulata from Hidalgo Co., New Mexico by Michael Price

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