All photographs ©2007 - 2008
Reptiles and Mammals from the Lower Rio Grande Valley
Gulf Coast Toad, Texan Guest Ranch
Texas Spiny Lizard, NABA Butterfly Park
Female Keeled Earless Lizard along the La Sal Del Rey Trail (thanks, Mary!)
Gulf Coast race of the Western Ribbon Snake (On a spit at Ibis Pond at Estero Llano Grande SP--thanks for the confirmation, Jennifer!)
The jury's still out on this little guy, but so far it's two votes for Gulf Coast Toad and two for Rio Grande Chirping Frog, with honorable mentions for Rio Grande Leopard Frog and Strecker's Chorus Frog! Boy, they're tough when they're babies...(this was one of several on the trails at Frontera Audubon, and they weren't much bigger than the giant red ants!)
Texas Tortoise, Laguna Atascosa NWR
Giant Toad, Bentsen Rio Grande State Park
Red-eared Sliders, Sabal Palm Grove
Diamondback Water Snake, Edinburg Scenic Wetlands
Texas Spotted Whiptail, Santa Ana NWR
Rosebelly Lizard, same location
Green Anole, Texan Guest Ranch
Bull Snake, Cannon Road Loop
Indigo Snake, Laguna Atascosa NWR
Mexican Ground Squirrel (above and below), Edinburg Scenic Wetlands
Collared Peccary (with friend on right), Bentsen Rio Grande SP
Fox Squirrel, same location
Nine-banded Armadillo, same location