Minor Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus minor), posed shot, taken near La Ascencion, Nuevo Leon, Mexico on 3 August 2008 - shot was hand held with wide angle lens, fill flash using the Nikon D50 and Sigma 17-70 mm wide angle zoom lens. This photo was featured on the cover of Herpetological Review Volume 40 Number 2 - June 2009.
Minor Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus minor), taken near Cerro General Zaragoza, Nuevo Leon, Mexico - 1 August 2009 - photo was taken in situ with the Nikon D60 and Nikkor 105 mm lens.
Great Plains Ratsnake (Elaphe guttata) taken near Big Lake, Reagan County, Texas - 12 April 2008 - posed shot taken with Nikon D50 and Sigma wide angle 17-70 mm zoom lens - hand held.
Ruthven's Whipsnake (Masticophis schotti) taken in the Sierra Trinidad, San Luis Potosi, Mexico - 28 July 2008 - photo is posed and shot off a tripod with the Nikon D50 using a Sigma wide angle 17-70 mm zoom lens and fill flash.
Rusty-rumped Whiptail (Cnemidophorus septemvittatus) taken in the Sierra de Australia, Coahuila, Mexico - 26 July 2008 - photo was taken in situ with the Nikon D60 and Nikkor 105 mm macro lens.
Common Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina) taken on "The Trace", Land Between the Lakes Recreation Area, Trigg County, Kentucky - 22 June 2008 . . . photo taken with the Nikon D50 and Sigma wide angle 17-70 mm zoom lens. I deliberately waited for the van to approach in order to illustrate hazards reptiles face on the roadways.
Texas Alligator Lizard (Gerrhonotus infernalis) taken near La Ascencion, Nuevo Leon, Mexico - 31 July 2008 - the shot was posed replicating as the female was found. Shot with the Nikon D60 and Nikkor 105 mm macro lens with fill flash. Photo is featured in the book "Lizards of the American Southwest".
Timber Rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus) taken in the Oauchita Mts, LeFlore County, Oklahoma - 23 June 2008 - posed photo shot off tripod with Nikon D50 and Sigma 17-70 mm wide angle zoom lens.
Rich Mountain Salamander (Plethodon oauchitae) taken on Rich Mountain, LeFlore County, Oklahoma - 9 June 2008 - just a really sharp "field guide" shot taken with Nikon D50 and Sigma 105 mm macro lens with fill flash.
Mountain Dusky Salamander (Desmognathus ochrophaeus) - taken on the slopes of Spruce Knob, Pendleton County, West Virginia - 18 June 2008 - posed photo replicating in situ situation in gravel of stream taken with the Nikon D50 and Sigma 105 mm macro lens with fill flash.
