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Western Diamond-backed Rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox)Observer
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DOR on the way into the Preserve
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American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)Observer
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Two gators basking next to tall marsh grass wetlands and canal.
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Common Five-lined Skink (Plestiodon fasciatus)Observer
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On base of tree on path in the Preserve.
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Fowler's Toad (Anaxyrus fowleri)Observer
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On path, no standing water, just very moist soils (after flood)
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Northern Cottonmouth (Agkistrodon piscivorus)Observer
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In dappled shade on a small island in running water from Village Creek. Visible from path.
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North American Porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum)Observer
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Very ragged animal with many patches of skin showing through.
Was found sleeping crawled up into a crevasse in the side of a canyon.
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Ornate Tree Lizard (Urosaurus ornatus)Observer
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Up on rock outcrop in a canyon
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Ornate Tree Lizard (Urosaurus ornatus)Observer
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Caught up canyon 3 in the preserve was basking on rock ledge
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Greater Earless Lizard (Cophosaurus texanus)Observer
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Caught along the bank of the Pecos river near about a quarter mile downriver of from the Independence Creek confluence.
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Roundtail Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma modestum)Observer
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On rock road
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Common Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis)Observer
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Followed quietly for a bit through the brush. It would move away from me a bit, and then pause (repeating).
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Gulf Coast Toad (Incilius nebulifer)Observer
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Under some metal planking at the bottom of one of the fields.
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Mediterranean House Gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus)Observer
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Under a rock along the field along the south border fence.
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Western Slimy Salamander (Plethodon albagula)Observer
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Found under a rock in fairly moist area near the quarry in Brackenridge Field Lab.
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Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis)Observer
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Crawling on shrub branch exposed to sun.
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Little Brown Skink (Scincella lateralis)Observer
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scurrying in underbrush between trees
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River Cooter (Pseudemys concinna)Observer
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Walking near road and between two small bodies of water.
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Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis)Observer
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Was crawling around on the wooden posts of the Cabin on Blueberry Hill at the bed and breakfast in the Big Thicket area.
Was trying to catch the sun when found.
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Fowler's Toad (Anaxyrus fowleri)Observer
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Small Anuran lying in the sun along trail in Big Thicket Preserve. Didn't know to get better pictures at the time.
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Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis)Observer
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Green Anole in Big Thicket halfway down woodland trail. It was sun basking at the bottom of the tree next to the trail.