Finally got out backpacking again.  We visited Hovenweep in southeastern Utah.  It wasn't really a herping trip, but I did get to see some awesome herps.  The ruins were amazing!	Hovenweep castle.  This is a magnificent structure.	This is the nicest collard lizard I have seen in the wild.  He let me get real close for pictures.	I easily caught this guy just to see if I could.  He wasn't too happy.  Watch those teeth!	Fence lizards were plentiful.  This one caught a mouthfull.
	A gopher snake was one of two snakes we saw.  The other was a whipsnake which was too fast for me.	Sideblotched lizards are beautiful	Here is another view of this nice male sideblotch	Spiny lizards are tough suckers