First herping trip of the year, hiking, and a shitty tent.

I went hiking and camping in the Superstitions over the weekend near Miner's Needle with my dad. I fucked up and took the wrong trail to start it off, so we started off on a 3 mile climb instead of ending on a 3 mile drop. Whoops. We were going for the hiking and all that, and I wanted to see some reptiles of course. It didn't disappoint. Here are some pictures:

TONS of whiptails and tree lizards. Also a good amount of these guys, greater earless lizard



Many of these stripe-tails as well, under about every fourth flipped rock. This one was the first scorpion for an english tourist that was passing down the trail.



First blacktail rattlesnake (Crotalus molossus) I've ever been able to photograph, and only the second I've seen.



... a ways down the trail, I flipped a very fat (or gravid) night snake.



Two man tent? I'm going to sue someone. That was a long night.



On the way out, lots more lizards, and my first regal horned lizard:



hurray. now my blog will be filled with this shit. i put all the pictures in my myspace photo album too.