Don’t you know that a rattlesnake hatband will make you crazy? I never saw a Mojave Green when I lived in NM. I lived in Alamogordo and Soccoro. Went to NMIMT—loved it!
I love FL as well, but I miss the mountains and the high desert.
I’m over in the southwest corner of the state, near where the Frisco and Gila meet. I figure those typically lower desert critters follow the river up from Safford. There are Gila Monsters that come up this way too.