I had been invited to present the Banquet lecture at the 34th International Herpetological Symposium at Fort Worth, Texas so decided to attend the Biology of the Rattlesnakes symposium at Tucson, Arizona, a week or so beforehand, and spend some time with friends Bob Ashley and Tell Hicks, looking for and photographing herps in and around the Chiricahua Desert Museum, Rodeo, New Mexico.
Google map of the American Southwest showing US and Mexican border states and
main towns featured in the herp trip
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