PHOTO OF THE MONTH - INDEX

Each month the membership of the Southwestern Center for Herpetological Research select 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 which are submitted by both members and non-members for use on the SWCHR web site or in the SWCHR Bulletin are evaluated based upon originality, composition, color, exposure, lighting, technical excellence, subject matter, 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 annual Award for Excellence in Herpetological Photography consist of a cash award, and a plaque mounted certificate. You may click here to view winning images of this award from past years. For more information about participating in these programs, please see A Call for Papers and Photos.

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 January, 2012 - Eastern Hog-nose Snake - Heterodon platirhinos  from Kendall County, Texas by Saunders Drukker

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December, 2011 - Southwestern Earless Lizard - Cophosaurus texanus scitulus  from the Wickenburg Mountains of Yavapai County, Arizona by Will Wells

November, 2011 - Mexican Rosy Boa - Lichanura trivirgata trivirgata   from Maricopa County, Arizona by Will Wells

October, 2011 - Three-toed Box Turtle Terrapene carolina triunguis  from Montgomery County, Texas by Matt Hollanders

September, 2011 - Desert Tortoise Gopherus agassizii  from Maricopa County, Arizona by Will Wells

August, 2011 - Battle between to large Texas Indigo Snakes Drymarchon melanurus erebennus photographed in Hidalgo County, Texas by Ayssia Sandoval

July, 2011 - An atypical melanistic Sierra Garter Snake Thamnophis couchii  from El Dorado County, California by Richard L. Porter

June, 2011 - Female Elegant Earless Lizard Holbrookia elegans thermophila  from the Santa Rita Mountains of southeastern Arizona by Will Wells

May, 2011 - Regal Ring-necked Snake Diadophis punctatus regalis  from Yavapai Co., Arizona by Will Wells

April, 2011 - Speckled Kingsnake Lampropeltis getula holbrooki  from Barzoria Co., Texas by Matt Hollanders

March, 2011 - Desert Patch-nosed Snake Salvadora hexalepis hexalepis  from Yavapai Co., Arizona by Will Wells

February, 2011 - New Mexico Threadsnake Leptotyphlops dissectus  from Cochise County, Arizona by Will Wells

January, 2011 - Squirrel Treefrog Hyla squirrela  from Harris County, Texas by Matt Hollanders

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December, 2010 - Rio Grande Leopard Frog Lithobates berlandieri  from Bandera County, Texas by Matt Hollanders

November, 2010 - Striped Phase Pacific Gopher Snake Pituophis catenifer catenifer  from Napa County, California by Phil Stone

October, 2010 - Large-blotched Ensatina Ensatina eschscholtzii klauberi  from San Diego County, California by Gerold Merker

September, 2010 - Cope's Gray Treefrog Hyla chrysoscelis  from Harris County, Texas by Matt Hollanders

August, 2010 - Trans-Pecos Copperhead Agkistrodon contortrix pictigaster  from Brewster County, Texas feeding on a Tomato Hornworm Manduca quinquemaculata by Travis Dimler

July, 2010 - Mexican Burrowing Toad Rhinophrynus dorsalis  from Starr County, Texas by Scott Wahlberg

June, 2010 - Great Basin Collared Lizard Crotaphytus bicinctores  from the White Tank Mountains of Maricopa County, Arizona by Will Wells

May, 2010 - California Alligator Lizard Elgaria multicarinata multicarinata  from Sacramento County, California by Phil Stone

April, 2010 - Great Basin Spadefoot Spea intermontana  from Lyon County, Nevada by Phil Stone

March, 2010 - Granite Night Lizard Xantusia henshawi  from San Diego County, California by Will Wells

February, 2010 - Small-mouthed Salamander Ambystoma texanum  from Austin County, Texas by Matt Hollanders

January, 2010 - Sierran Treefrog Pseudacris sierra  from Placer County, California by Phil Stone

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December, 2009 - Northern Green Ratsnake Senticolis triaspis intermedia  from Pima County, Arizona by Will Wells

November, 2009 - Northern Mohave Rattlesnake Crotalus scutualus scutualus  with an aberrant pattern from Cochise County, Arizona by Alice Abela

October, 2009 - Rio Grande Chirping Frog Eleutherodactylus cystignathoides campi  believed to represent a new county record from Polk County, Texas by John Williams

September, 2009 - Arizona Ridge-nosed Rattlesnake Crotalus willardi willardi  from the Huachuca Mountains of Arizona by Will Wells

August, 2009 - Tiger Rattlesnake Crotalus tigris  from the Santa Rita Mountains of Arizona by Will Wells

July, 2009 - Broad-banded Copperhead Agkistrodon contortrix laticinctus  engaged in caudal luring from Fort Hood, Texas by Eric Runfeldt

June, 2009 - Eastern Collared Lizard Crotaphytus collaris  from the Hualapai Mountains of Arizona by Will Wells

May, 2009 - Red Diamond Rattlesnake Crotalus ruber  from Imperial County, California by Will Wells

April, 2009 - Northern Speckled Racer Drymobius margaritiferus margaritiferus  from Cameron County, Texas by James Van Dyke

March, 2009 - Eastern Collared Lizard Crotaphytus collaris  from the Petrified Forest Nat'l. Park, Az. by Will Wells

February, 2009 - Small-mouthed Salamander Ambystoma texanum  from Harris County, Texas by John Williams

January, 2009 - Arboreal Salamander Aneides lugubris  from Alameda Co., California by Travis Dimler

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December, 2008 - Tan Racer Coluber constrictor etheridgei  from Newton Co., Texas by John Williams

November, 2008 - Arizona Ridge-nosed Rattlesnake Crotalus willardi willardi  from Cochise Co., Az. by York Morgan

October, 2008 - Brown Vinesnake Oxybelis aeneus  from Santa Cruz Co., Arizona by Diego Ortiz

September, 2008 - Western Green Toads Anaxyrus debilis insidior  from Dona Ana Co., N.M. by Chris Newsom

August, 2008 - Mexican Treefrog Smilisca baudinii  from Cameron Co., Texas by Gary Nafis

July, 2008 - Coral-bellied Ring-necked Snake Diadophis punctatus pulchellus  from Sequoia National Park, Tulare Co., California by Patrick H. Briggs

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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