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. 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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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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