Celebrating Contemporary and Extraordinary Images of Science

Charles Hedgcock

Knobloch’s Mountain Kingsnake, Lampropeltis knoblochi, 2018

Close-up photograph
Nikon D7100 DSLR camera; 60mm Micro-NIKKOR lens; Vivitar 283 flash

GreaterGood.org
Tucson, Arizona, United States


This photograph features the documentation of species discovered during biological surveys into the remote Sky Islands of Northern Mexico by volunteer scientists working with GreaterGood.org. The snake was photographed in controlled conditions at the GreaterGood.org field camp, located at Arroyo La Presita, Mesa Tres Rios, Sonora, Mexico.