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Now Known as Penstemon luculentus.

Inside a Palmer’s Penstemon

Pollen covered and crawling among stamens of Opuntia aurea. Water Canyon.

On basalt ledge in small gully, elev 1288 m (4225 ft)

Synonymous with Chamaesaracha aridis

Penstemon whippleanus in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, south-southeast of Big Costilla Peak and west-northwest of Costilla Reservoir, 36.9019 -105.3224, Taos County, New Mexico, 10 Jul 2020.

Location obscured. Caught and handled under all appropriate permits as part of my official work for the Arizona Game and Fish Department.

Xenosaurus, lagartija de grieta

American Penstemon Society field trip

Lost Lake Trail

Fotos en lugar de liberación. Ejemplar aparecido en el patio de vivienda urbana en Santo Tomé (https://www.argentinat.org/observations/144739414)

Military land, no public access. Record also submitted to HerpMapper.org.

In mixed brush and riparian woodland along Dry Fork Creek (currently dry). Elevation about 7000’. Roughly 2 ft long. Has been seen on this trail before.

Under rock

I usually only upload my herp sightings to HerpMapper.org, but thought I'd duplicate this one here since it is apparently the first record in iNaturalist.

Será Xylocopa???

Restricted access area. Also entered in HerpMapper.org.

Restricted access area. Also entered in HerpMapper.org.

Also entered in HerpMapper.org

Chuckar Trailhead

Got lucky and saw this rattlesnake bite a collared lizard, and then pull it back under the rock.